Woeful Wolves slain by Dragons

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A SECOND half collapse saw woeful Warrington hammered 20-40 by Catalan Dragons.
Despite going 0-6 down after nine minutes Warrington looked well in control as they built up an 18-6 lead thanks to tries from Matt King, Garreth Carvell and Chris Hicks, with Hicks converting two and adding a penalty.
The Dragons looked out on their feet but rallied and on the stroke of half time Olivier Elima powered over under the sticks with Thomas Bosc adding his second conversion to make it 18-12 at the break.
The second half was almost one way traffic with Clint Greenshields levelling the scores with his converted try on 43 minutes.
A brawl on 54 minutes after Chris Riley retaliated to a high tackle seemed to fire up the Dragons even more.
Warrington scored their only points of the half when Ferriol was sin binned on 57 minutes after persistent interference at the play the ball from the visitors. Hicks banged over the two to restore Warrington’s lead but the French, with only 12 players on the pitch seemed inspired.
Greenshields went over for his second try on 60 minutes and the French extended their lead seven minutes later when Cyril Stacul scored in the corner.
This signalled a Warrington collapse with the visitors running in further tries from Baile and Pilo in the closing stages.
In the final minute Bosc banged over a penalty to equal Catalans biggest away win and rub salt in the wounds.
At the final hooter the Wolves player trooped off heads bowed to a chorus of boos from the fans who were still left in the ground.


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