Coach's thoughts, match verdict, photo gallery as Wire draw

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Warrington Wolves…22 Catalans Dragons…22

Wolves: Stefan Ratchford; Josh Charnley, Toby King, Bryson Goodwin, Tom Lineham; Kevin Brown, Tyrone Roberts; Chris Hill, Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Jack Hughes, Harvey Livett, Ben Westwood. Subs: Sitaleki Akauola, Joe Philbin, Ben Pomeroy, Declan Patton.

Dragons: Tony Gigot; Lewis Tierney, David Mead, Brayden Wiliame, Fouad Yaha; Samisoni Langi, Josh Drinkwater; Remi Casty, Michael McIlorum, Mickael Simon, Benjamin Jullien, Benjamin Garcia, Greg Bird. Subs: Sam Moa, Julian Bousquet, Jason Baitieri, Kenny Edwards.

Scoring: Jullien try, 5mins, Drinkwater goal, 0-6; Goodwin try, 16mins, Roberts goal, 6-6; Drinkwater penalty, 20mins, 6-8; Charnley try, 22mins, 10-8; Livett try, 26mins, Roberts goal, 16-8; McIlorum try, 28mins, Drinkwater goal, 16-14; Roberts penalty, 35mins, 18-14; Gigot try, 38mins, Drinkwater goal, 18-20; Roberts penalty, 47mins, 20-20; Roberts penalty, 53mins, 22-20; Drinkwater penalty, 71mins, 22-22;

Penalties: Wolves 9 Dragons 8

Sin bin: Simon (Catalans, 68mins, raised knee)

Referee: Ben Thaler

Attendance: 8,807

WATCH: Steve Price reflects on "a point dropped" for his side

VOTE: Wire man of the match against Catalans

READ: Matt Turner's match verdict

READ: Update on the injury suffered by Bryson Goodwin

VIEW: Photo gallery of Wire-Catalans draw

READ: Look back over the action as it happened

Not sure what game Ben Thaler was watching but seemed different rules for @wolvesrl than @DragonsOfficiel like Catalans only being 5 yards back when Wire had ball and were offside, they are allowed to move off the mark, pass forward etc. Not good enough from Wire though!

— Ian Y (@cheshian) July 12, 2018

One of the best games of rugby I’ve seen for a long time that, well done @wolvesrl and @DragonsOfficiel great attack and defence from both teams and 100% effort, brilliant for the neutral!

— Rob Beezley (@Robbeezley) July 12, 2018

Where’s Chris sandow when you need him @wolvesrl #SLWarCat

— Adam Berry (@adamberry92) July 12, 2018

Fair result that.

— Tom Lawson-Corney (@tomlawcor) July 12, 2018

The supporters want to watch a game of rugby officiated properly. That did not happen.

— Ian Y (@cheshian) July 13, 2018

Thaler along with the rest of the refs must watch the games back and cringe at how bad their performances are. We didn't play well as a team last night but those clear decisions such as Gigot passing the ball intentionally at Roberts made the difference in 2 and 1 point.

— James Massey (@wiregooner) July 13, 2018

Here’s me thinking that deliberately throwing the ball at the player in the ruck was deemed as “against the spirit of the game” and @TheRFL had told referees to clamp down on it. Obviously not. We were poor once again, but so was the refereeing as it is most weeks.

— Dave G (@ElmDag) July 13, 2018

Warrington Wolves - Warrington Guardian Facebook page:

James Dudley: Half backs are shocking

Christine Shaw: Defence in the first half was shocking too

John Knox: We need a kicker... was great game for neutral but we need to put pressure on sides

Graham Smith: Another game reffed for SKY. by Thaler.

Mitch Lears: Sitas best game

Alan Drinkwater: Not playing at our best .missing Atkins. Could do with a good hard forward that can dish it out a bit when the fun starts 

What were your thoughts on the game?