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JOSH DRINKWATER helped pile the pressure on injury-ravaged and out-of-form Leeds.

The scrum-half has had the Midas touch since coach Steve McNamara recruited him last month as a replacement for Luke Walsh.

And this was arguably the biggest indication so far that the Aussie (below) can claw the Dragons out of trouble.

The French outfit have now won three of their last four

Super League games since he signed.

And this deserved victory will send tremors through the bottom half of the table.

The side who have been bottom most of the season are now just one point off the top eight – and confidence is oozing through them.

Leeds, by contrast, look in all sorts of trouble after sinking to a fifth defeat in six league games.

They are missing 10 key players but that did not excuse a disastrous start JULIE STOTT Catalans 33 Leeds 20

in which they leaked 16 early points. Benjamin Jullien sounded the rallying call with the first try and Ben Garcia then bloodied the Rhinos’ noses with another.

Leeds’ stand-in captain Stevie Ward was at fault and he was again caught out when Micky McIlorum dummied his way over for a third try. A sin-binning for Sam Moa, for a late tackle on Richie Myler, gave Leeds a chance and they took it with an Ash Handley try. Tony Gigot’s drop-goal gave Catalans a 17-4 lead but Leeds came to life after half-time.

Tries from Brett Ferres and Ryan Hall cut the lead to three points but the Dragons responded superbly to the fightback.

Gigot, Drinkwater and Jodie Broughton all touched down, with Drinkwater taking his goals tally to four, before Brad Dwyer’s consolation.