Former Newcastle and Penrith halfback Luke Walsh has almost singlehandedly guided Catalans Dragons to their second straight win to open the English Super League season.
He kicked five penalties and converted a try from five-eighth Richie Myler to earn his side a 16-14 victory over a flat Hull.
Hull twice held the lead after scoring tries through Carlos Tuimavave and Liam Watts but generally lacked a spark in attack in front of their home crowd at the KCOM Stadium.
Hull lost captain Gareth Ellis with a head knock early in the game - but the Dragons were inspired by the non-stop effort of former NSW and Australian representative Greg Bird.
Marc Sneyd gave Hull a 14th-mnute lead with a penalty after former Roosters prop Sam Moa was pulled up for interference in the ruck - but Walsh succeeded with two long-range kicks at goal to give the visitors a 4-2 lead.
The Dragons actually took the lead while down to 12 men with Bird in the sin bin.
Hull second rower Sika Manu produced an offload four minutes from halftime to get ex-Warrior Tuimavave over for the only try of the first half and Sneyd's conversion made it 8-4.
It took the visitors just 42 seconds of the second half to regain the lead, however, as Hull were caught cold.
Bird made the initial break and full-back Thomas Bosc continued the move to get Myler scurrying over for a try to which Walsh added the goal to make it 10-8, before adding a third penalty on 50 minutes.
Hull drew level against the run of play, with prop Liam Watts stealing the ball one-on-one from Inu just 10 metres from the Catalans line.
Sneyd's third goal helped his side go ahead - but the lead changed hands for a fifth time when Walsh kicked two penalty goals within only a few minutes.
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