[1] Catalans ended the regular season in 2nd place, thus earning them a bye to the semi-finals, where they would play the highest ranked winner of the eliminators, which was St Helens.
Adam Keighran successfully kicked the goal, to give Catalans a 2–0 lead with 10 minutes until half time.
With 8 minutes of the match remaining, things got worse for St Helens, as Matty Lees was sent to the sin bin, for what seemed to be holding down on Tom Johnstone, but replays show that his leg was trapped in the tackle.
On 75 minutes, Saints knocked the ball on, near the halfway line to give Catalans possession 40 metres out.
As the game looked to be heading to extra time, Sam Tomkins scored the winning try, with less than 1 minute remaining, and hand saints their first play-off defeat since 2018.
Final score: Catalans 12–6 St Helens Wigan finished the regular season in as league leaders, thus earning a bye to the semi-final.
The first real chance of the first half came on 5 minutes, as Sam Tomkins put a kick into the corner, for Tom Johnstone to collect, but Wigan managed to defend it, and turned the ball over.
With 5 minutes of the first half remaining, Catalans were awarded a penalty, as Wigan were caught offside, with Adam Keighran opting to kick for goal, to which he was successful, and the scores were level at 2–2.