Super League: Catalans Dragons 32-36 Leeds Rhinos - Visitors win in golden point extra time

Aidan Sezer's golden point sparked wild celebrations with the Leeds team

Twelve-man Leeds Rhinos came back from 30-6 down to stun Catalans Dragons in golden point extra time and continue their Super League revival.

Fouad Yaha's double, Ben Jullien, Sam Kasiano and Samisoni Langi set up a big Catalans lead, with Liam Sutcliffe replying and Matt Prior sent-off.

Richie Myler's hat-trick and Brad Dwyer's late score were added to by a Rhys Martin penalty to square it up.

Aidan Sezer crossed to bring Leeds the win in the extra-time period.

Huddersfield's win earlier in the day had taken them above the Dragons, and this late collapse means they failed to pull themselves back above Ian Watson's side.

For Leeds, whose form under Rohan Smith has been revitalised with one defeat in five now, this was their first win in Perpignan since 2017 and came amid some hardship.

Although Prior was dismissed in the early stages of the second period, Leeds remained competitive and showed their qualities through Myler's treble.

Versatile forward Cameron Smith carved open the space for Myler's first, Sezer's kick was gathered for number two while James Bentley's clever offload provided the third.

Sutcliffe had nipped in before the break to give Leeds hope, while Dwyer's late score and Sezer's try were opportunist efforts.

Catalans will wonder how on earth they conjured up a loss in this match, having been so in control with about quarter of an hour to go.

Josh Drinkwater's kicking game has been a difficult weapon to supress in recent seasons, and Leeds were well and truly punished by his left boot as the Dragons assembled their advantage.

One such high ball bounced wickedly for Yaha's second try, while a perfect threaded grubber kick was pounced on by Langi for his score.

Sam Tomkins was also at his menacing best, supplying soft hands for Jullien to breeze through, and landing the 40-20 for Kasiano to run amok.

Yaha was sin-binned late on which did restore both sides to equal numbers, but Dragons coach Steve McNamara's frustrations will be high given they had the match well and truly in their grasp.

Leeds head coach Rohan Smith:

"That was absolutely incredible. The way we stuck in there with 12 men right until the death was unbelievable and it just shows the spirit that we have in this club.

"The game wasn't really reflective of the score at times when we were behind, it was more of an arm-wrestle and one of the slowest games I've seen this year with a lot of stoppages but we coped with that.

"We were still full of running at the end, which is how we prepare our players. We were a bit clunky on attack at the start of the game and lacked any kind of fluency which didn't take any petrol out of Catalans.

"Aidan Sezer is so important to us and it was good to have him back today. His running game is underestimated by everyone including himself so I was glad to see him get the winning try tonight."

Catalans head coach Steve McNamara:

"It's hard to explain the last 20 minutes of that game, for 60 minutes we executed what we want to do well in attack and defence.

"For a team that was together for 60 minutes we separated and separated quickly. Leeds had nothing to lose at that stage and they played some high-risk rugby league and everything came off.

"It's an absolutely huge disappointment tonight for us, we got what we deserved at the end, sport is very harsh and once momentum swings it is hard to control.

"We stopped working in defence, stopped moving and we had the opportunities to win the game before and during golden point and we blew it."

Catalans: Tomkins; Romano, Langi, Whare, Yaha; Mourgue, Drinkwater; Seguier, McIlorum, Dudson, J. Chan, Jullien, Da Costa

Interchanges: T. Chan, Goudemand, Kasiano, Cozza

Leeds: Hardaker; Tindall, Sutcliffe, Newman, Handley; Myler, Sezer; Thompson, O'Connor, Oledzki, Martin, Bentley, Donaldson

Interchanges: Gannon, Dwyer, Prior, Smith.

Sent off: Prior (54)

Referee: Chris Kendall.

• Super League Show - watch and catch-up here