Catalans coach Mick Potter was delighted to see his side battle back from a 12-point half-time deficit to beat Harlequins 24-22.
Second straight defeat for Quins
Catalans coach Mick Potter was delighted to see his side battle back from a 12-point half-time deficit to beat Harlequins 24-22 at the Stoop.
"In the past we wouldn't have won that type of game so to not frivolously throw away an away win is big for us," Potter said.
"After losing to Bradford and Hull KR in close games it was really important to grind out these two points and this will give us a lot of confidence.
"I didn't say anything major at half-time because I thought we could get ourselves back into the match - I believed it wasn't too big a hill for us to climb.
"We just had to make some minor adjustments and that's what we did and they worked perfectly."
Structure
But Quins' second defeat on the trot was hard to take for coach Brian McDermott.
"Catalans raised their game in the second-half and we fell off ours - we lost structure on offence and defence and that cost us," he said.
"Catalans' intensity was higher than ours in the second half and they asked more questions of us in attack.
"A team like Catalans will fight you to the death as we've seen here but there were positives.
"In the first-half I thought we were very good and defended really well, especially near our own line and played exactly how we wanted.
"I was really impressed with David Howell - his tries were all smart finishes, he showed strength and a great deal of awareness."
