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Catalans Dragons head coach Laurent Frayssinous insists climbing to second place in Super League will not affect the team’s “humble” approach to matches. The Dragons recorded their fifth win in succession and fourth on the road this season by thrashing Hull Kingston Rovers 40-0 at the KC Lightstream Stadium on Thursday.They are now just two points adrift of league leaders Warrington Wolves, having won seven of their 10 fixtures so far this year. Frayssinous told Sky Sports: We have looked good since the pre-season, but we dont want to see too far. We want to keep on building, keep on staying humble.We all know the Super League season is very hard and long, so we dont want to be worried about that [the league table] and we want to keep on performing on the field.Catalans ran in seven tries against Hull KR, but Frayssinous was particularly pleased with the shutout. Catalans Dragons Glenn Stewart talks through his performance against Hull KR at the touchscreen He added: At the moment, what is good for us and what we can be proud of is our defence the last few weeks.Maybe today we come at the point of a very good defence. In the past, Catalans Dragons have been playing good footy but not consistent enough in defence, so we will keep on working hard on that. Highlights of Catalans Dragons away win at Hull KR in Super League Catalans flew back to France immediately after the win, but they will be back in England to face St Helens next Thursday.Frayssinous said: We just played out fifth game in 18 days and three travels. We have got a good squad and depth in our squad, and we know what type of team we will face next Thursday. It will be a tough trip and we want to do our best next week. Hull KR head coach James Webster reflects on the defeat to Catalans Dragons Hull KR head coach James Webster lavished praise on Catalans but felt injuries and a congested fixture schedule had taken their toll on his team.He said: That was as good a performance as Ive seen this year in Super League from Catalans. Take the first 10 minutes out of the game, when we couldnt get a foothold on it, and we struggled from thereon in.We have had a tough month - Easter can do that to you - and we werent able to rotate our squad. We were well and truly past our best this week and we need to regroup. Also See: Catalans run riot over Rovers Catalans fixtures Wolves v Saints battles Rugby league set of six Wholesale Custom Lions Shirts . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Cheap Custom Lions Jersey . 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Cheap Lions Jerseys . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team.Dylan Hartley says the demands of new coach Eddie Jones are driving England on as they chase a first Six Nations title since 2011. Jones replaced Stuart Lancaster as head coach following Englands disappointing World Cup campaign on home soil and has started his reign with back-to-back away victories over Scotland and Italy, with Ireland next up at Twickenham on Saturday.The Australian has claimed England are capable of becoming the most dominant team in the world if they continue their progress and new captain Hartley has revealed how he intends to do that. I think its the demand, the Northampton hooker told Sky Sports News HQ. Every session he demands we get better in that session, whether it be fitness, skills, anything. He is just demanding we get better week to week. Itoje rewarded Maro Itoje to start against Ireland We had the down week last week so training was intense and he demanded fitness in that week. Whereas this week we have had a game to prepare for, so getting better might be doing your homework off the field, sitting down having a chat with your lineout caller - just always trying to get better, trying to improve, trying to improve relationships.Thats his expectation and thats where he wants to take us.Hartley is poised to lead England out at Twickenham for the first time on Saturday and is looking forward to taking on a proper team in defending champions Ireland. Hartley will face off with Ireland skipper Rory Best on Saturday We are two games in, hugely excited to be back at Twickenham playing against a proper team so its all on the line, he said. 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