Dragons will be starting afresh under new coach, says FC's Cartwright

HULL COACH TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED DESPITE CATALANS' STRUGGLES

- By DAN TOMLINSON

Hull FC head coach John Cartwright is refusing to get caught up in Catalans Dragons’ heavy defeat to Wigan Warriors last week.

Instead, the focus is all on his side doing what they need to do to get another welcome two points.

The Black and Whites head to Perpignan for the second time this season to take on the French side, who parted ways with long-serving coach Steve McNamara earlier this month.

Joel Tomkins is currently in interim charge, with the Dragons hammered 48-0 at the Stade Gilbert Brutus last week.

But Cartwright isn’t taking that result as a measure of his side's latest opposition, instead expecting the best version of the Dragons, but more importantly, putting the onus on what his own players do, from preparation to their performance.

“We've looked at that Wigan game a bit, but I think we'll find there will be a lot of players who will play this week who didn’t play last week,” Cartwright said in his pre-match media conference.

“This will be their chance to start afresh on the back of a new coach.

“Wigan is a tough gig any time you play them. They're going to be tough at any stage, but we'll expect a different opposition this week, that’s for sure.