Catalans Dragons (18) 37
T : Stan Robin, Julian Bousquet, Elliott Whitehead, Michael Oldfield, Morgan Escaré, Thomas Bosc
G : Thomas Bosc 6
DG : Stan Robin

Featherstone Rovers (12) 34
T : Alex Foster, Luke Teasdale 2, Jack Ormondroyd, Sam Day, Ryan Verlinden
G : Rémy Marginet 5
DG :

Catalans Dragons scored two tries in the last eight minutes to stave off the threat of a shock defeat by part-time visitors Featherstone in the sixth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.

Rovers lost 70-12 on their only previous trip to Perpignan for a fourth-round tie in 2007 but they were 34-30 ahead and eyeing a trip to Hull KR in the quarter-finals until French internationals Morgan Escare and Thomas Bosc touched down late on to deny them.

Stan Robin kicked a drop goal to finally secure a 37-34 victory for the French Super League side, who were reduced to 12 men with the dismissal of former Wigan prop Jeff Lima.

Team sheet

Dragons : Escaré, Oldfield, Gigot, Tonga, Yaha, Bosc, Robin, Lima, Pelissier, Casty, Anderson, Whitehead, Mounis
Bench: Cardace, Bousquet, Springer, Maria

Featherstone : Johnson, Blackmore, Minns, Chappell, Sharp, Milner, Marginet, Verlinden, Teasdale, James, Foster, Tonks, Mussey
Bench: Baldwinson, Ormondroyd, Day, Cooper