Dragons wounded by Wolves win

Catalan Dragons head coach Trent Robinson admits he is counting the cost of Sunday’s surprise win over Warrington Wolves.

The French side suffered a double injury blow in the 22-20 win over the Engage Super League leaders and are now faced with the prospect of playing reigning champions Wigan without two of their key men.

Full-back Clint Greenshields is all but certain to miss Friday’s game with a dislocated elbow, while scrum-half Scott Dureau was taken to hospital after his match-winning performance was ended prematurely by injury.

The 24-year-old was taken out off the ball by Wolves forward Garreth Carvell moments after scoring and converting the decisive try in the shock win.

The former Newcastle Knights player required lengthy treatment before being carried off on a stretcher in the closing minutes at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and was sent for X-rays.

Hope

And Robinson said: “I got told that he should be okay, but it is not a good thing to see. They are checking out his neck and let’s hope it is not too serious.”

As for Greenshields, the Dragons coach added: “I think that is a bit worse. I am not sure what it means but I know it will be a few weeks at least.”

Dureau’s 10 points were supplemented by further tries from Cyril Stacul, Frederic Vaccari and David Ferriol as the Dragons claimed a notable scalp.

And Robinson said: “Warrington are an outstanding team. I have been watching them for a long time and they have progressed immensely.

“They are as good as any NRL team, with what I have seen them produce in the last seven or eight weeks. But you should never write yourself off when you play these teams.

“We still have a lot of work to do but the effort there is what you want to see. There was some heart and soul put into the game.”

Punishment

Warrington now lead the table only on points difference from Castleford and Huddersfield following their second defeat of the season.

The Wolves held the upper hand for most of the game with Joel Monaghan touching down twice and Chris Riley and Richie Myler also scoring, but they were never more than a try ahead.

And coach Tony Smith said: “I wouldn’t have expected that but they are a good team and have been improving.

“If you are not at your best you can get beaten by any team in this competition and that shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody.

“We were far from our best today and I don’t think we deserved to win. The opposition outplayed and out-enthused us.”

On the clash between Carvell and Dureau, Smith said: “It was not late, it is only about where contact was made. If he gets him high he deserves whatever punishment.”