Stanley Gene's try four minutes from time ensured Rovers won for the second successive meeting at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.

Morgan admitted his side did not play well. "It was mission accomplished, but it wasn't the manner we hoped for," he said. "We wanted to come here and get the points and we did that.

"We were poor and predictable in the first half, but we corrected things in the second half, but I still don't think we were very good. To the players' credit they responded to what we spoke about at half-time.

"Guts and determination got us through in the end. There wasn't a lot of brains out there, but there was a lot of ticker."

Aaron Gorrell opened the scoring for the home side in the fourth minute with a try from dummy-half, after Ben Galea conceded a penalty 20 metres from the Rovers' line.

Thomas Bosc missed the conversion, but registered his first points of the game in the 11th minute with a penalty.

Rovers responded midway through the half with a well-crafted try by Galea, his first for the club. Chris Chester dummied inside Dane Carlaw and slipped the pass inside to the supporting Galea, who shimmied his way past Clint Greenshields for the score.

Jake Webster levelled the scores at 6-6 with the goal and John Wilson restored the Dragons' lead when he gathered Bosc's clever kick to the corner and grounded it, despite Peter Fox's last-ditch attempted tackle.

Bosc's conversion from the touchline split the uprights for a 12-6 lead. Bosc, who was influential throughout the game, extended his side's lead to 14-6 with a penalty 10 minutes before half-time.

Rovers started the second half strongly with Gene forcing an error from Mathieu Griffi and moments later Fox rose high to collect James Webster's' high kick to the corner to score.

Fox was the scorer again six minutes later finishing off a fine move involving Galea and Ben Cockayne, and Jake Webster added two points to put Rovers in front 18-14.

The lead changed hands midway through the second half when Bosc sent Greenshields over for a try from close-range, five minutes after Shaun Briscoe had a 'try' disallowed for a forward pass.

Bosc's goal put the Dragons in front for the third time in the match, but there was a late sting in the tail when Gene went over four minutes from time chasing his own kick to seal the win.

Gene was also put on report for his fifth minute high tackle on Aaron Gorrell.

Catalans Dragons: Greenshields, Stacul, Wilson, Mogg, Pelo, Bosc, McGuire, Ferriol, Gorrell, Guisset, Gossard, Carlaw, Chan.
Substitutes: Mounis, Griffi, Casty, Raguin.

Hull Kingston Rovers: Briscoe, Fox, J. Webster, Welham, Fitzhenry, Chester, J. Webster, Vella, K. Netherton, J. Netherton, Newton, Galea, Gene. Substitutes: Cockayne, Aizue, Mills, Crossman.

Referee: G Hewer (Wakefield).