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Another win for les Dracs :) Leeds put up a decent fight. The result does leave them bottom of the table, Catalans now all the way up to 5th.

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A pretty negative mood all round before the Wigan v Catalans game. 4 young academy lads in the pack/bench rotation against what looked like a formidabale Catalan pack. Was tough until half time (8-0), but Catalan rolled over n the 2nd half once it got to 20-0. Sam Kasiano was a Wigan target apparently. He had a devsatating 5 minutes and then completely disappeared. Big blokes like that need some serious match conditioning. There was enough to say he would be unplayable once he's fully fit, but he definitely isn't fully fit yet! Wigan's back 5 made up for the pack shortages. Having Burgess and Mafredit coming away in yardage is a real benefit. Wigan aren't out of the woods yet, but things are looking up. Morgan Smithies looked really impressive on debut.

Macnamara pulled no punches in his interviews. Thing is they'll be completely different when Wigan play in the Nou Camp in May. If they could be consistent for a 7-8 game spell they'd be comfortably in the Top 5.
 
Well that's made my weekend a pretty good one! Solid performance from Rovers last night. Looked like world beaters for that first 30 minutes or so, brilliant rugby. Second half dropped away a little bit but we'd more than done enough to win the game. Masoe, Crooks and Hall were superb.

Great to have Shaun Lunt back though, boy have we missed a strong hooking presence. Can enjoy the rest of the weekends games now!
 
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Highlights to follow soon as they're posted.

Proper rugby league weather! The Toulouse-Featherstone match turned into a bit of a mudbath as well, seems like it was a less-than-stellar day for English teams to be in the south of France...

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It's turned into one of 'those' matches against Hull FC. They've gotten huge breaks from officialdom so far this game, including the most recent try of theirs having a pass that was so forward it was in a different post code :rolleyes: Dragons 20-28 Hull as I type this.

I don't mind us losing when we play well if it's a fair fight. This is anything but...:(
 
24-28 right now. But they've gone to the video for a potential try...and disallowed. Dragons Twitter feed non-plussed at how that isn't a try. Allegedly for obstruction :rolleyes:
 
Sneyd drop goal takes it for Hull. Considering we were playing contre l'arbitre all match I reckon we did well. But damn I hate losing due to lousy refereeing :mad:

And, to be perfectly honest, I think golden point needs a serious rethink.
 
Derby nerves have set in. Will have a few beers tonight whilst watching tonights game. Got my ticket for tomorrow, first away derby I've been to for a few years now and very much looking forwards to it. Sounds like a decent crowd number to be expected too - pushing 20K perhaps.
 
Les Dracs are currently running fairly rampant in London. Broncos 0-30 Dragons as I type this :)

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Wow, just seen the comeback that Trinity have made against Castleford! They were getting battered, back to 2 points in it now.
 
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