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eye-catching performance. He set up two tries and then led from the front when halfbacks Josh Reynolds and Marc Sneyd went off injured in the second half.
Connor said: “The new coach suits me with him two wins in different styles puts us in a good position. The players showed true grit.”
Huddersfield coach Ian Watson, seeking his first win since joining the club from Salford, said: “It is about building a mentality into the players.
“They are not a millions miles away. It will click at some point.”
Tomkins set up an early try for Matt
Whitley but Chris McQueen stormed over minutes later to haul the Giants level.
Tomkins pulled off a tremendous try-saving tackle to deny Jermaine McGillvary and the Dragons looked under more pressure when James Maloney was sinbinned for a dangerous tackle.
The first half was repeatedly delayed because of facial injuries to three Catalans players, including Dean
Whare getting a broken nose which he played on with.
But they dealt with the delays better and took control with tries from Ben Garcia, while they were down to 12 men, and Mike McMeeken stretched their lead with another touchdown.
And despite failing to score after the break, they saw out the win to become the fifth team to register two victories from the opening two Super League rounds.
ROOKIE Jorge Martin rocked the MotoGP paddock last night as he stormed to pole in Qatar.
But Valentino Rossi suffered his worst ever qualifying and will start today’s race second from last.
Spanish rider Martin,
23, beat team-mate Johann Zarco by
0.157secs to lead a Pramac Racing one-two ahead of just his second premier class race.
He said: “It’s just unbelievable.”
But Petronas Yamaha’s Rossi struggled through his worst ever day in MotoGP and will start
21st – the first time he has ever started a race outside of the top 20.