Season Preview: Catalan Dragons
Head coach: Laurent Frayssinous
Last season: 7th (Lost to Hull FC in elimination play-off)
In:
Benjamin Garcia (Brisbane)
Michael Oldfield (Sydney Roosters)
Ben Pomeroy (Cronulla)
Elliott Whitehead (Bradford)
Out:
Damien Blanch (Released)
Steve Menzies (Retired)
Squad:
1 Brent Webb FULL BACK
2 Morgan Escare FULL BACK
3 Leon Pryce STAND OFF
4 Ben Pomeroy CENTRE
5 Michael Oldfield WINGER
6 Thomas Bosc STAND OFF
7 Scott Dureau SCRUM HALF
8 Olivier Elima PROP FORWARD
9 Ian Henderson HOOKER
10 Jeff Lima LOOSE FORWARD
11 Zeb Taia SECOND ROW
12 Louis Anderson SECOND ROW
13 Gregory Mounis LOOSE FORWARD
14 William Barthau SCRUM HALF
15 Antoni Maria SECOND ROW
16 Eloi Pelissier HOOKER
17 Elliott Whitehead SECOND ROW
18 Daryl Millard CENTRE
19 Mathias Pala WINGER
20 Mickael Simon PROP FORWARD
21 Julian Bousquet PROP FORWARD
22 Jamal Fakir PROP FORWARD
23 Lopini Paea PROP FORWARD
24 Jason Baitieri LOOSE FORWARD
25 Vincent Duport CENTRE
James’ prediction: 9th
View from the pitch:
Leon Pryce – “Our aim is to try and compete, and try to break into the top four. To do that we need to improve our away form.”
