Catalans Dragons brushed apart Wigan Warriors to turn into wheelchair rugby league’s first outright European membership champions on Saturday.
The Dragons gained 68-28 at Wigan’s Robin Park, with 12 tries to the hosts’ 5.
Damien Dore and final yr’s Golden Boot winner Jeremy Bourson scored 5 tries apiece for the French guests.
Final yr, Catalans confronted the Halifax Panthers in Perpignan within the inaugural European Wheelchair Rugby League Membership Championship, but it surely completed 32-32.
This time, Wigan took an early lead earlier than the Dragons, who additionally characteristic England’s 2022 Golden Boot winner Seb Bechara, went 18-6 up.
The hosts replied, however a strive by Bechara sparked a run of 5 in 13 minutes that gave Catalans a 46-12 lead at half-time.
The Dragons stayed nicely clear after the break, with Wigan captain Declan Roberts scoring the sport’s closing attempt to end with a hat-trick, whereas Adam Rigby – a fellow World Cup winner with England in 2022 – claimed the Warriors’ different two tries.