The Dragons had been excellent all season, especially at putting points on the board. However, on the biggest occasion they failed to cross the line for a try in the entire 80 minutes. McNamara went on to say:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo concede one try in a Grand Final and lose is hard to take. The game was a tussle and very draining, it wasn\u2019t a great spectacle.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur last plays have been good all season, but they weren\u2019t good enough tonight, and there\u2019s were. I think we defended great, but we were poor in attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe DNA of the club has to be what you saw tonight. We weren\u2019t great but we\u2019re a team that won\u2019t give in and if we continue going the way we are then we\u2019ll get more chances.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Catalans will now go through a transitional period, with many changes to their squad. Nevertheless, they have the Winter break to take a step back, reflect on what went wrong and prepare to go again next season, where they should once again be hot contenders.<\/p>\n
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