Catalans Dragons beat Warrington in Challenge Cup final to make history

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For years, there has been an argument that British rugby league has been crying out for a watershed moment. Time will tell whether this was that day but as the Catalans captain, Rémi Casty, lifted the Challenge Cup high amidst the choruses of La Marseillaise, it was impossible not to be excited about where this result could take a sport which demands more attention.

To sum up this afternoon, the Challenge Cup had never left England in its 121-year history. While the Dragons have made the final once before, the manner in which they were dispatched by the great St Helens side of 2007 means that, in reality, it has never even been that close to doing so. Until now.

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