Catalan Dragons 46-4 Bradford Bulls Catalan Dragons moved into the top-eight play-off positions with a convincing 46-4 home victory over Bradford. It was a second crushing defeat in a week for the struggling Bulls who were beaten 54-16 by Huddersfield at the Magic Weekend last Sunday. They remain in the relegation zone on zero points, with their survival hopes now seemingly dependent on the success...
Plus: London Skolars move out for the builders, mixed messages from Cumbria and solving the Junior Paulo Mystery It seems the Magic Weekend is here to stay, for at least another year. Where and when it will take place in 2015 is up for speculation. It seems unlikely to be at the Etihad Stadium given Manchester City's plans to add extra tiers to much of the ground next year. But the Super League schedule...
London Broncos 22-24 Catalan Dragons The Broncos remain pointless at the bottom of the Super League table after 13 matches but they could not have gone any closer to breaking their duck than this. Apparently down and out again when trailing 18-6 midway through the second half, they dragged themselves back on to level terms in the heat of the Etihad Stadium, fell behind again to a second questionable...
Joel Monaghan tops Warrington century in defeat of Dragons Last-gasp try takes Wakefield past Widnes in 24-18 win Dan Sarginson, a makeshift full-back, scored a hat-trick of tries as injury-hit Wigan bounced back from their crushing defeat by Leeds with a 44-16 Super League rout of Hull FC to climb into the top three of the Super League for the first time this year. "That win is the best we've...
Bulls overturn deficit in win to leapfrog London Broncos Wakefield Trinity also made a comeback with victory at Hull Bradford Bulls celebrated their second momentous victory in consecutive Sundays at Odsal, following a Challenge Cup win against the Catalan Dragons by stunning Warrington to regain the last two of the six points they were docked in February for entering administration. The Bulls overturned...
Bradford secure Challenge Cup win after being 16-0 down Widnes defeat Salford in the other all-Super League tie Bradford Bulls responded to their worst result of the Super League era with a stunning comeback against the Catalan Dragons to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Tetley's Challenge Cup. The Bulls, who are bottom of the league table and were humiliated 84-6 at Wigan on Easter...
Hull FC lose to drop goal 46 seconds from time Leeds rout Bradford and Catalan see off Broncos Craig Hall won the 221st Humberside derby for Hull KR with a drop goal 46 seconds from time that earned his side a thrilling 21-20 win over Hull FC . The home side appeared to have squandered their chances when they let a 10-point lead slip but Hall kept his cool to see off his former employers in the most...
It's crunch time as the Catalan Dragons visit The Hive, we glimpse into the future in France, and marvel at Liam Botham Is it too early to talk of relegation four-pointers and must-win games with 19 rounds left in the season? Some folk at London Broncos don't think so and looking at the bottom of the Super League table, it is understandable. Defeat to an improving Catalans Dragons at The Hive on Thursday...
South Sydney defeat Penrith 18-2 Gold Coast Titans still top after win over Broncos Julie Burgess, the mother of the four England forwards, complained that Sam, the highest-profile of the quartet, had been "hit with a stick" as he left the field after South Sydney ground out an 18-2 win in a Penrith deluge on Friday. Souths also made an official complaint after a female Penrith fan swung...
Hull FC 36-37 Salford Red Devils (aet) Salford Red Devils became the first team to reach the last 16 of the Challenge Cup in the most dramatic manner, as Rangi Chase kicked a drop goal in golden-point extra time to secure a 37-36 victory against last season's beaten finalists Hull FC. The Red Devils, whose owner Marwan Koukash had increased the pressure on the coach, Brian Noble, by stressing the importance...
Wolves call up Ben and Rhys Evans and Matty Russell Warrington seek to bounce back from Wigan defeat Warrington have turned to two Welshmen and a Scot in an effort to pep up their faltering attack in a Super League fixture that will have an unusually celtic flavour at Huddersfield on Sunday. The Wolves coach, Tony Smith, has called Rhys and Ben Evans, the 21-year-old twin brothers from Bridgend, into...
Catalan Dragons 30-14 Huddersfield Catalan Dragons broke their duck at the sixth attempt with an impressively robust 30-14 victory over the Huddersfield Giants to ease fears that Super League's successful French experiment could be an unintended victim of the reintroduction of relegation. The Dragons were one of two teams, with the London Broncos, who had lost their first five fixtures, a wretched...
• Dragons without a point from first five games • Jeff Lima suspended for visit of Huddersfield There is no crisis at Catalan Dragons but it would be "catastrophic" if they were to be relegated from the Super League, according to their chief executive, Christophe Jouffret. The Dragons go into Saturday's home game against Huddersfield, only their second in Perpignan so far this year, without a point...
• Red Devils' chairman fined £1,000 for outburst and tweets • Bernard Guasch punishes two Catalans Dragons players No one would describe Bernard Guasch or Dr Marwan Koukash as shrinking violets but Super League's most colourful chairmen may have preferred to stay in the background on Tuesday. Instead Guasch, the meat magnate from Perpignan who has been the single biggest influence in establishing...
s Dorn secures fourth win with last-minute score • Taulima Tautai stars as Wakefield Wildcats pick up first win Castleford Tigers maintained their early-season sparkle with a first home win over Wigan Warriors for eight years after edging a 12-try thriller thanks to Luke Dorn's last-minute score. The Tigers' 36-31 victory made it four wins in a row for Daryl Powell's team. They join St Helens at the...
s league leaders Huddersfield 22-20 in the shock of the Super League season so far. "It's like Morecambe and Wise said, it took them 25 years to be an overnight success," said the former Great Britain forward, reflecting the steady development over the last four seasons that now has his Widnes squad ready to compete with the big guns of the competition. "We've been steadily getting better and learning...
s a bit of a freak as an athlete and a player," said Daryl Powell, the former Great Britain player whose appointment as coach of his hometown club midway through last season has triggered such a transformation. "He'd just come off with cramp not long earlier, so to go back on and do that took some doing. I thought he was a very good player last season, but he's going to be even better this year. We...
season and signalled the end of the road for the popular Australian second-row Menzies , who hung up his boots and trademark headguard after 21 years as a professional, while skipper Remi Casty bowed out of Super League in disappointing fashion as he heads for the NRL with Sydney Roosters. A damp and miserable night in Hull, in front of a crowd of just 4,979 in the cavernous KC Stadium, might not...
winning run with 29-16 reverse • Hull edge Wigan 34-33; Leeds beat Catalans 20-12 The St Helens coach, Nathan Brown, tipped Warrington to lift the Super League crown after they ended his side's five-match winning run with a 29-16 defeat at Langtree Park. The Wolves, runners-up on their maiden Grand Final appearance last October, are guaranteed a top-two finish for the third year in a row and, although...
s Challenge Cup final against Wigan at Wembley on Saturday week. Rovers led 8-6 at half-time but Hull seized control with the penalty try, then a long-range score from the young full-back Jamie Shaul. Joe Arundel and Richard Whiting, the latter on his 200th Super League appearance, added further tries as Danny Tickle kicked seven goals. There was some good news for Rovers as Bradford suffered a dramatic...