Dragons stun Warrington with brilliant comeback
Gregory Mounis on the scoresheet today
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Saturday, 21, Feb 2009 08:34
A breathtaking second-half comeback saw the Catalans Dragons beat the Warrington Wolves 40-20 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The Dragons had taken the lead after Thomas Bosc's chip was caught by Gregory Mounis and he scored the try. But the French side went on to concede three first-half tries as they trailed 18-12 at the interval.
Matt King scored the first try for Warrington after he was put in by a flat pass from Mickey Higham. The scrum-half was once again the key in the second try as it was his pass which allowed Gareth Carvell to score.
The Dragons made a number of mistakes in the first-half and when they gave the ball away in their own 22 with a forward pass, it led to the next Warrington try. Vinnie Anderson bulldozed his way through before passing to Chris Hicks to cross the tryline.
Catalans stayed in touch with a late try in the first-half as Olivier Elima touched down and Bosc added the extra two points.
It was one-way traffic in the second-half as Catalans completely ran riot with five tries. The first came via man-of-the-match Clint Greenshields who danced his way through the Warrington defence. Greenshields grabbed his second try on the hour mark to give his side the lead and Bosc once again added the extras.
Warrington completely fell apart in the last 20 minutes as the Dragons added further tries through Cyril Stacul, Jean Philippe Baile and Dimitri Pelo to claim a sensational win.
Elsewhere, Danny Tickle scored a hat-trick of tries for Hull as they beat a brave Celtic Crusaders side 28-20. Shaun Berrigan and Mark Calderwood added further tries for Hull. The Crusaders grabbed four tries themselves through Damien Quinn, Marshall Chalk (2) and Tony Duggan.