Leaders Catalans inflict more misery on Warrington

Tom Davies was 1 of 5 antithetic effort scorers arsenic Catalans Dragons won a 10th Super League crippled retired of 11

Catalans Dragons stay 4 points wide successful Super League aft heaping much misery connected Warrington Wolves.

But the French broadside reeled disconnected a 4th consecutive triumph acknowledgment to 5 antithetic effort scorers - Adam Keighran, Tom Davies, Mitchell Pearce, Matt Whitley and Matt Ikuvalu.

The Wolves' consolation scores came from Ben Currie and Josh Thewlis.

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When Warrington won 20-16 successful the South of France connected Easter Saturday, it was an eighth consecutive triumph successful their best-ever commencement to a Super League play and Powell was posing for photos with travelling supporters.

But the wheels fell disconnected for him, with 7 defeats successful Powell's past 8 league games successful complaint and a achy Challenge Cup quarter-final exit to 12-man Wigan Warriors sealing his demise.

The Wolves besides knocked Catalans retired of the cupful successful May, but since past the 2 clubs person been connected opposing trajectories.

And that was underlined successful the archetypal fractional arsenic Steve McNamara's outfit showed wherefore they are connected apical of the league and successful with a large accidental of reaching the Grand Final successful October.

From Pearce's precocious kick, the shot was allowed to bounce and centre Keighran, who volition articulation Wigan Warriors adjacent season, latched connected to it and dived over.

Then erstwhile the location side, nether the interim complaint of Gary Chambers, mislaid possession heavy successful their ain territory, Catalans swiftly worked it crossed the enactment for Davies to descent successful astatine the corner, earlier those handling skills were evident again arsenic Pearce rounded disconnected different slick move.

However, a 99th vocation effort for Currie, pursuing his bully assertive line, gave the Wolves anticipation going successful astatine the interval.

Warrington were halted by beardown defending from the French broadside aboriginal successful the 2nd period, and erstwhile Catalans went forward, Tyrone May's inch-perfect grubber footwear was touched down by Whitley.

Ikuvalu's effort added gloss to the scoreline, portion Thewlis' precocious people was small much than a consolation for the location side, who climbed a spot successful the array to 5th contempt the loss, owed to Hull KR's dense decision astatine Wigan.

Warrington present person implicit 2 weeks to regroup and effort to rescue their flagging run earlier they caput to Leeds Rhinos connected Sunday, 20 August.

Warrington: Dufty; Hewlis, Mata'utia, Ratchford, Wrench; Williams, Drinkwater; Dudson, Walker, Vaughan, Nicholson, Currie, Crowther.

Interchanges: Clark, Kasiano, Philbin, Mikaele.

Catalans: Tomkins; Davies, Keighran, Ikuvalu, Johnstone; May, Pearce; Bousquet, Da Costa, Navarete, Whitley, Seguier, Garcia.

Interchanges: Goudemand, Chan, Romano, Simone.

Referee: Liam Moore.

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