Late drop-goal gives Catalans win over Giants

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Huddersfield (10) 22

Tries: Bibby, Naiqama, Hewitt, Lolohea Goals: Connor 3

Catalans (14) 23

Tries: Sironen, Tomkins, Yaha, Romano, Ikuvalu Goal: Mourgue Drop-goal: Mourgue

Arthur Mourgue's precocious drop-goal gave Super League play-off chasers Catalans Dragons a captious triumph astatine Huddersfield Giants.

Two quickfire tries from Sam Hewitt and Tuimoala Lolohea brought Giants level pinch 9 minutes to go.

But nan hosts spilled nan shot wrong their ain half to springiness Mourgue nan chance of a drop-goal, which he accepted and Catalans closed retired nan game.

Earlier, tries from Bayley Sironen, Sam Tomkins and Fouad Yaha put nan visitors 14-10 up astatine half-time pinch Jake Bibby and Kevin Naiqama replying for nan Giants.

Catalans stretched clear aft nan break pinch further scores from Arthur Romano and Matt Ikuvalu earlier nan precocious play meant they had to triumph it pinch nan boot.

The French broadside move up to 5th successful nan array and are six points clear of seventh-placed Leeds Rhinos, who person a crippled successful hand.

More to follow.

Huddersfield: Connor, McGowan, Bibby, Naiqama, Halsall, Lolohea, Russell, Hill, Milner, Savelio, Hewitt, Rushton, Cudjoe.

Interchanges: Deakin, Ikahihifo, Livett, Rogers, Billington.

Catalans: Tomkins, Davies, Romano, Ikuvalu, Yaha, Mourgue, Fages, Navarette, Da Costa, Dezaria, Garcia, Sironen, Bousquet.

Interchanges: Satae, Maria, Aispuro-Bichet, Wallace, Seguier.

Referee: Tom Grant