Hull FC 24-28 Catalans Dragons: Plug pulled on Hull's 150th birthday
Last Updated: 27/09/15 5:58pm
Catalans Dragons gatecrashed Hull's 150th birthday celebrations with a 28-24 victory at the KC Stadium.
The hosts outscored their opponents six tries to five, with Warrington-bound Tom Lineham scoring four of them, but missed crucial conversations through poor kicking.
Marc Sneyd missed the first four conversions, before Jordan Rankin failed do any better with the final attempts, and Dragons' Scott Dureau's four goals made the difference.
The Dragons built up a 20-point lead thanks to first-half tries from Benjamin Garcia, Ian Henderson, Krisnan Inu and Elliot Whitehead.
Poor defending allowed Garcia to open the scoring when he dived over from dummy-half, before Henderson did the same five minutes later.
Inu sped over to make it 16-0, with Whitehead giving the French outfit a 20-point lead after picking up Lineham's knock-on.
But Hull closed the gap to four points with two tries from Lineham before the break, and two more afterwards from Jordan Abdull and Curtis Naughton.
The French side finally renewed their strength midway through the second period, with Thomas Bosc snatching a try for the visitors after an error from Rankin.
Bosc picked up the ball and raced 20 metres after Rankin dropped it, clinching a decisive try, and then Dureau added a penalty goal to make it 28-16 to Catalans late on,
Lineham pulled it back to within four points after diving over for two late tries, both assisted by impressive offloads from Jack Logan, but it was not enough for the home side on a bright afternoon on Humberside.
