“We just have to blame ourselves,” Saints coach says after Dragons defeat

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Tommy Makinson scores against the Dragons

The Saints were 30-12 ahead, only for late tries from Dean Whare, Gil Dudson and Sam Kasiano as well as a hat-trick from James Maloney to force overtime.

Maloney dropped 40 yards late in the second half of overtime to snatch the Dragons’ victory and first place in the Super League standings for the first time in their 16-year history.

My first thoughts are very disappointed. We lost this game, it was not taken away from me from my point of view. We lost this game and we are only responsible for ourselves, he said.

It is really disappointing. For somewhere between 60 and 70 minutes I thought we were playing as well as we did and really had control of the game.

Unfortunately we lowered our intensity, we stopped playing and when you do that and let it happen, you can pull your pants down.

Woolf believed his side had performed exceptionally well during the game before the Catalans launched their comeback.

He said: The biggest disappointment, I think, is that we played really good football for 60-70 minutes, amazing football, and we defended exceptionally.

Part of the attack we threw was exceptional and we created other opportunities that could have put us in an even stronger position if we had just pulled off a few things in the end.

You want to finish the game really strong and positively and get the reward for all the good work you did and we just didn’t.

It was only 10 minutes that we lowered our intensity and 10 minutes was enough to hurt us.

Once you’ve done that and made the decision that everything is fine and you can drop off, it’s hard to turn the tide.

Catalans coach Steve McNamara said: I thought we started the game really well, but I thought we were second best for a good part of the game.

It was a very spectacular finish, it’s exceptional for our club and the winning league leaders are a by-product and everything else that goes with that golden point and the way we almost blew it up. , they almost blew it up and we managed to get it with an amazing drop target.

(But) you watch it in the cold light of day, it wasn’t good enough for us to be able to play like that for those 80 minutes.

Samisoni Langi was carried off the field on a stretcher following a challenge from Agnatius Paasi, and McNamara said: He’s not great at all.

Were a little worried. He’s been to the hospital now, obviously had to be home tonight, so we have some logistical issues, but make sure he gets the best possible care and attention and hopefully it won’t be too bad.

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