Dragons hit the Marc!
Dragons hit the Marc!
RICKY WILBY Stade Gilbert Brutus, Saturday
CATALANS DRAGONS 26
HULL KR 20
LENNY MARC produced a last-gasp try for Catalans as they secured two vital points over stumbling champions Hull KR.
The Dragons led 20-6 before Rovers rallied in the final quarter to level.
But the result was snatched when Solomona Faataape broke away down the left and laid on the try for Marc to score the match-winning try two minutes from the end.
It justified the decision of coach Joel Tomkins to keep 19-year-old Marc in the line-up following his hat-trick against Oldham in the Challenge Cup the previous weekend.
“That’s a special win for us - we were absolutely busted at the end of the game,” said Tomkins.
“For the boys to just keep turning up for each other, that was the most pleasing thing for me. It wasn’t perfect but we did some really special things with some really special efforts.