2023-10-06 23:48:34
The Catalan Dragons will play the second Super League final in their history after their success on Friday in Perpignan, thanks to a last-minute try from their star Sam Tomkins, over St Helens (12-6), who had reigned over the team for four years. English rugby league championship.
The meeting is scheduled for Saturday October 14 at the legendary Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, where the French franchise will meet the winner of the second semi-final on Saturday between Wigan, first in the regular phase, and Hull KR.
The “Dracs” achieved a major performance against the Saints, the most successful club in the history of the Super League, who beat them by a hair (12-10) in the final in 2021.
The Catalan thirteen players won by a landslide in a sold-out Gilbert-Brutus stadium, with more than 11,500 spectators, despite televised competition from France-Italy in the Rugby League World Cup.
The Catalan team, which has established itself for several seasons as one of the sure values of the English elite, struggled for a long time with the opposing defense in a locked-in match (2-0 only at half-time).
Trailing 6-2, she waited until the 79th minute and a brilliant individual action from English full-back Sam Tomkins, living legend of the discipline, to deliver her audience.
In the “theater of dreams” of Manchester United footballers, the Dragons will try in a week to make theirs come true and forever mark the history of French rugby union.
The opportunity for Tomkins (34) to end his career in style after 16 seasons at the highest level, including the last five in the South of France, he who should then join the Catalan staff.
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