Australian flyer Bevan French has ended a triumphant week in which he was voted British rugby league's top player by helping Wigan beat Catalans Dragons 10-2 in the Super League grand final at Old Trafford.
But as French and fellow former Parramatta Eel Jai Field celebrated Wigan's win in Manchester on Saturday, there was to be no fairytale ending to the career of Aussie playmaker Mitchell Pearce, who couldn't inspire the Dragons to become the first French winners of the British game's top prize.
