Catalans Dragons 26–50 Wigan Warriors — Elimination Semi-Final, 2008 Super League Finals Series
20 Sep 2008 · Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan · Attendance: 9,985
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Semi-Final, 2008 Super League finals series: Catalans Dragons 26–50 Wigan Warriors, at Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan on 20 Sep 2008.
Sourcing caveat: Catalans' scoring previously listed only Dimitri Pelo's double plus 3 goals (14 points), 12 short of the real 26 — Rugby League Project's scoresheet lists three more single-try scorers (Olivier Elima, Justin Murphy, John Wilson) who were missing from this entry; adding them (5 tries total) now reconciles exactly. Individual try minutes for the added scorers weren't identified in sources found. As in Catalans' Elimination Playoff the week before, this page again shows a genuine duplicate shirt number 14 between prop Olivier Elima and lock Dane Carlaw, recurring identically across both independently-fetched pages; resolved the same way, keeping Elima's 14 and recording Carlaw's as "UNCONFIRMED". Wigan's numbering here matches this club's Elimination Playoff entry exactly, cross-confirming both.
Scorers
| Catalans Dragons | Tries: Pelo (2); Elima; Murphy; Wilson Goals: Bosc (3/5 conversions) |
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Barrett (2); Calderwood (2); Richards (2); Carmont; Hock; Mathers Goals: Richards (7/10 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Catalans Dragons | Wigan Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Greenshields | Fullback | Richard Mathers | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Murphy | Wing | Mark Calderwood | 2 |
| 3 | John Wilson | Centre | Cameron Phelps | 21 |
| 11 | Sebastien Raguin | Centre | George Carmont | 4 |
| 5 | Dimitri Pelo | Wing | Pat Richards | 5 |
| 4 | Adam Mogg | Five-Eighth | Trent Barrett | 6 |
| 6 | Thomas Bosc | Halfback | Thomas Leuluai | 7 |
| 19 | Alex Chan | Prop | Stuart Fielden | 8 |
| 7 | Casey McGuire | Hooker | Mick Higham | 9 |
| 14 | Olivier Elima | Prop | Andy Coley | 15 |
| 12 | Jason Croker | Second Row | Harrison Hansen | 16 |
| 22 | Jamal Fakir | Second Row | Phil Bailey | 12 |
| UNCONFIRMED | Dane Carlaw | Lock | Joel Tomkins | 22 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Jerome Guisset | Iafeta Palea'aesina | 10 | |
| 18 | Vincent Duport | Gareth Hock | 11 | |
| 24 | Remi Casty | Eamon O'Carroll | 24 | |
| 26 | Jean-Philippe Baile | Tim Smith | 32 | |
| Michael Potter | Coach | Brian Noble | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
Wigan Warriors won 50-26 away at Catalans Dragons' Stade Gilbert Brutus on 20 September 2008 in a Super League Elimination Semi-Final. Wigan trailed 10-14 at half-time but ran in seven second-half tries to complete a heavy road win and advance to face Leeds Rhinos.