Catalans Dragons 12–6 St Helens — Semi-Final, 2023 Super League Finals Series
6 Oct 2023 · Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan · Attendance: 11,530
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2023 Super League finals series: Catalans Dragons 12–6 St Helens, at Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan on 6 Oct 2023.
Sourcing caveat: Exact minutes for Keighran's penalty goals and the disallowed Johnstone try aren't identified precisely in sources found. Attendance (11,530) is reported by Rugby League Project only, not independently cross-confirmed by a second named source.
Scorers
| Catalans Dragons | Tries: Tomkins ~79' Goals: Keighran (penalty goals, multiple) |
| St Helens | Tries: Hopoate ~50' Goals: Percival (conversion) Sin bin: Lees ~73' |
Team sheets
| Catalans Dragons | St Helens | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | Jack Welsby | 1 |
| 2 | Tom Davies | Wing | Thomas Makinson | 2 |
| 3 | Adam Keighran | Centre | Mark Percival | 4 |
| 21 | Matt Ikuvalu | Centre | William Hopoate | 3 |
| 24 | Tom Johnstone | Wing | Jon Bennison | 5 |
| 6 | Tyrone May | Five-Eighth | Jonny Lomax | 6 |
| 7 | Mitchell Pearce | Halfback | Lewis Dodd | 7 |
| 8 | Mike McMeeken | Prop | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | 15 |
| 9 | Mike McIlorum | Hooker | James Roby (c) | 9 |
| 20 | Siosiua Taukeiaho | Prop | Matty Lees | 10 |
| 11 | Matt Whitley | Second Row | Sione Mata'utia | 11 |
| 12 | Paul Séguier | Second Row | Curtis Sironen | 16 |
| 13 | Benjamin Garcia (c) | Lock | Morgan Knowles | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Julian Bousquet | Alex Walmsley | 8 | |
| 16 | Romain Navarrete | James Bell | 19 | |
| 1 | Arthur Mourgue | George Delaney | 30 | |
| 26 | Manu Ma'u | Moses Mbye | 35 | |
| Steve McNamara | Coach | Paul Wellens | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Chris Kendall |
Match report
Catalans Dragons beat St Helens 12-6 at a raucous Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan to reach a first Grand Final since 2021. St Helens led through a Will Hopoate try around the 50th minute, but Catalans hauled themselves level and ahead through Adam Keighran's boot before Sam Tomkins settled the contest with a spectacular late solo try with around a minute remaining. Matty Lees was sin-binned for St Helens in the closing stages, and an earlier Tom Johnstone try for Catalans was disallowed by the video referee.