"It's disappointing always to lose but we've just played the best in the world and there are some positives for us to take out.

"We could have capitulated in the second half but we didn't. At times we did some good things but no-one wants 50 points scored against them.

"We weren't out of the blocks as quickly as we could be but these guys have got some of the best players in the world right across the park and our guys are still finding their feet."

Catalans Dragons: Bosc, Murphy, Wilson, Hughes, Verges, Rudder, Frayssinous, Chan, Rinaldi, Beattie, Fakir, Guisset, Hindmarsh. Replacements: Mounis, Fellous, Touxagas, Guigue.

Bradford: Withers, Bai, B. Harris, Hape, Smith, I. Harris, Deacon, Fielden, Henderson, Lynch, McKenna, Meyers, Langley. Replacements: Vagana, Gene, Ferres, Cook.