Jeremy Burson’s 4 tries helped Catalans Dragons retain the Betfred Wheelchair Problem Cup with a shocking 81-18 victory over Wigan Warriors on the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
Man-of-the-match Bourson opened the scoring within the fifth minute with an acrobatic latch on to Nick Clausel’s cross, and the France worldwide rounded off the first-half scoring with a Thirty second-minute hat-trick in yet one more show of particular person ability and sheer pace.
In between these tries, Clausels produced a seemingly innocuous shot of his personal to steal a strive from beneath the noses of the Warriors defence, Arno Vargas accomplished a clean transfer with the primary of his eye-catching hat-trick and Burson pounced on the second earlier than than the Warriors even got here off the mark.
“It is nice to win once more,” mentioned Catalans and England captain Seb Bechara. “I mentioned earlier than that successful the Problem Cup final 12 months meant lots to me and the remainder of the fellows.
“We made too many passes within the first half, however in the long run it was a very good sport. It is good to come back residence with the cup once more.”
Trailing 22-0, Wigan wanted inspiration and it got here from captain Dec Roberts, whose Seventeenth-minute strive reduce the hole to 16 factors. That deficit was additional decreased when Adam Rigby was on the tip of an outstanding staff transfer after simply three minutes.
Jeremy Burson tries to evade the Wigan defence
However 12-22 was nearly as good because it acquired for the Warriors and Clausels and Burson scored once more earlier than the break and the trophy was midway to Perpignan with the Dragons 34-12 forward.
Within the second half, the Dragons handled the group of over 400 to a goal-scoring show. World Cup winner Bechara scored his first hat-trick within the forty first minute – his 72nd-minute effort to finish the scoring was the decide of the bunch as he produced a shocking flip of pace to burst by the Warriors’ ranks.
There have been additional tries from Vargas, Burson, Dorr and Nick Clausels, and a objective from the latter’s uncle Gilles, with Wigan solely getting a late comfort from Jack Heggie to indicate for his or her efforts.
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