Dragons win over Hull FC
Catalans Dragons (8) 25
T : Brayden Wiliame, Josh Drinkwater, Tony Gigot
G : Josh Drinkwater 6
DG : Tony Gigot
Hull FC (14) 24
T : Scott Taylor 2, Hakim Miloudi
G : Jake Connor 5
DG :
Catalans Dragons moved off the foot of the Betfred Super League table following a last-gasp 25-24 victory against Hull FC in Perpignan.
Josh Drinkwater marked his debut for the French outfit by clinching the man-of-the-match award, but following two one-point victories in recent weeks, it was Hull who suffered defeat from a last-minute Tony Gigot drop goal.
Scott Taylor crashed over in the fourth minute to put the visitors ahead before Brayden Wiliame levelled, but Hull were back in front with Hakim Miloudi’s first try for the club before Jake Connor added his third goal to lead 14-6 at the break.
However, Catalans hit back with tries from Drinkwater and Gigot to move 20-14 ahead after 44 minutes, only for Taylor to touch down his second with a great 40-metre break from the prop.
Connor and Drinkwater traded penalties before the Hull man and Michael McIlorum were sin-binned for an altercation after a tackle.
Drinkwater added his sixth kick to nudge Catalans 24-22 ahead with six minutes left, but Connor followed suit and looked to have earned a point for the Black and Whites before Gigot’s late intervention.
Match report
Dragons : Gigot, Brougthon, Mead, Wiliame, Tierney, Langi, Drinkwater, Casty, McIlorum, Simon, Jullien, Garcia, Bird
Subs : Moa, Anderson, Baitieri, Maria
Hull FC: Miloudi, Faraimo, Connor, Griffin, Talanoa, Kelly, Abdull, Taylor, Houghton, Bowden, Manu, Minichiello, Hadley
Subs : Tuimavave, Paea, Lane, Matongo
Stadium : Gilbert Brutus
Referee : James Child
Attendance : 8 823
Man of the match : Josh Drinkwater
Sin bin :
Dragons : Michael McIlorum
Hull FC : Jake Connor