Leeds Rhinos Director of Rugby Kevin Sinfield stood in for a self-isolating Richard Agar in the post-match press conference.
The Rhinos were chasing a deficit throughout the game and never managed to take the lead, with the opening quarter from Catalans doing the damage.
Sinfield said: "There's an old saying - 'you can't win big games early oAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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