AFTER playing the biggest game of your life you would expect to be quite relieved when the final whistle sounds.

However, Catalans Dragons second rower Sebastien Raguin will be worried on Saturday whether he can muster up enough energy to climb all the Wembley steps to the Royal Box and, if need be, lift the Carnegie Challenge Cup trophy.

"The Carnegie Challenge Cup is definitely the heaviest trophy I've ever lifted," said the 28 year old who was a man of the match for Toulouse in their semi final defeat to Leeds in 2005.

"I've seen the new Wembley on TV during the Community Shield and it seems much bigger than the Stade de France in Paris. At the end of the game I can't imagine having to walk-up so many steps to lift the trophy. But if I have to then it will be a good thing as it will mean that we have won."

At the old Wembley it was 39 steps to the Royal Box, but on Saturday the winning captain will have 107 to negotiate.

If Catalans Dragons are to become the first French side to lift the Carnegie Challenge Cup then they must overcome St Helens, the current holders of every domestic trophy who also boast the title of Carnegie World Club Champions.

"Saints are a very dangerous side," said Raguin.

"Each of their players can do something at anytime during the game so we'll have to be on our guard. We're more confident after beating them in the league, but we aren't taking anything for granted.

"Rugby can be strange game. We played Wigan in the league a few weeks before the semi-final and we failed to score a point.

"Yet in the semi-final we raced into a 22-0 lead, so we realise that keeping Saints scoreless in the league will have no influence on Saturday's game."

Raguin is looking forward to Saturday's final and is looking to some of the more experienced players for inspiration.

He concluded: "I'm very excited, but a little nervous. Playing at Wembley on Saturday will be the proudest moment of my career as I never imagined I'd play in a cup final.

"The likes of Stacey Jones, Jerome Guisset and Jason Croker are the leaders of the team and I'll be looking to them to lead the way."