Paul Turner's Dragons end their season against Leinster, who have already indicated they will send a weakened team to Rodney Parade on Saturday.

BBC: Scarlets v Dragons for Cup spot

Brown's influence was badly missed after he went off in the final and also as the Super League season reached its climax with the Giants, who finished third, losing to both St Helens and the Catalans Dragons in the end-of-season play-offs.

BBC: Brown bids for Giant strides

That score snuffed out any chance of a dramatic Dragons' revival, although they did their best to end the game on a positive note.

BBC: Catalans Dragons 16-36 Leeds

The decisive score came 11 minutes from the end when Bosc forced his way over for the Dragons' third try, and he added his fourth goal.

BBC: Castleford 14-21 Catalans

When God finally gets tired of waiting it out and decides to end things, the back-and-forth between dragons and serpents and sea monsters and Jesus is less like a scouring of the stables than like a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl.

NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal

The Dragons tried valiantly to mount a comeback but Munster sewed up the bonus point eight minutes from the end when Williams took a quick tap and bulldozed his way over again from close range.

BBC: Munster 27-3 Dragons