Leeds Rhinos may have been unable to get in the scoresheet in France, but coach Rohan Smith was nevertheless full of praise for his team.
A Rhinos team missing star players Brodie Croft and Harry Newman plus a host of other first-team regulars fell to tries from Tom Davies, Tom Johnstone, Arthur Mourgue and Alrix Da Costa. He said: “I thought it was a really spirited performance, we played really professionally against an experienced team on their home patch in their own conditions.
” Leeds held firm in the opening stages, but could not prevent Davies opening the scoring following good work by Jayden Nikorima and Mourgue. Mourgue, who finished with a personal haul of 10 points, then added a penalty to leave Catalans 8-0 up at half-time. The Rhinos were still in the fight at that point, but a 90-metre breakaway try from Johnstone put further daylight between the two before Mourgue and Da Costa added late scores.
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