Wheelchair Challenge Cup final: Catalans Dragons 81-18 Wigan Warriors

Catalans had already brushed aside Wigan to become wheelchair rugby league’s first outright European club champions in April.

However the Warriors went into the game after triumphing 48-30 against last year’s runners-up Leeds Rhinos in the semi-final.

Nico Clausells beat Roberts in the build-up to touching down with just millimetres to spare for Les Dracs’ second try of the afternoon after Bourson had got them going.

Catalans did not run out of steam in a stunning first half showing and were three tries up inside just 12 minutes when they worked the ball laterally to Vargas who dotted down at the corner following a flowing team move.

Bourson swept in for a solo try to add his second, and Catalans’ fourth, before the break but Roberts’ powerful score, followed by a clever Wigan move to send Rigby through cut the deficit.

The Dragons were not done before half-time, however, and Nico raced in for another solo try and Bourson wrapped up his hat-trick in style as he flowed through from the right to stun the Warriors.

The French side picked up from where they left off courtesy of Bechara’s quickfire double, the second of which came courtesy of some stunning work from Bourson in the build-up.

Vargas’ hat-trick followed a Victor Puly offload and a clever move into the corner but the pick of the bunch for Catalans came as Gilles Clausells punted the ball deep into the Wigan half to tee up Bourson’s fourth.

A clinical performance continued, with Dore coolly going through for Catalans’ 12th try and Bechara put in a lung-busting chase to score under the posts to wrap up the win in style – but there was still time for Nico Clausells to round things off.