Catalans 20 vs castleford

[winnyason]

A tough game first up i expect a tight loss, the expected team outside pelo & fakir still injuried & duport still has 4 games to serve. Expect duport on wing once back.
Khattabi to slip onto wing for pelo.

Greenshields, Murphy, Wilson, Mogg, Bosc, McGuire, Ferriol, Gorrell, Guisset, Raguin, Croker, Mounis, Carlaw, Elima, Gossard, Chan, Stacul, Casty, Khattabi, Jean-Baile.

17 expected: greenshields, murphy, wilson, mogg, khatabbi, bosc, macguire, mounis, raguin, croker, ferriol, gorrell, gussiet. bench: carlaw, elima, gossard chan or casty.

 

[winnyason]

Just read on rlfans.com site for les catalans that Murphy may struggle to get in side all year because he is still regarded by RFL as import have no idea on this one just go along, & pelo played for UTC last night in there loss to toulouse.
So it would seem stacul & khattabi would be in line for start, also this new guy bailie from rah rah could be a option at 6 if bosc does not work out.

 

[Evil Homer]

Catalans won 21-14. Murphy, Mogg and Elima missed out of that 20, so there were 10 Frenchmen in the side, including Jean-Phillippe Baile on debut. Bosc scored 13 points and was MOM.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Well done Les Cats, not a bad crowd for Castleford too.

7060

 

[winnyason]

not a bad performance by dragons bosc looking good but need to improve to be top 6 side.
duport & fakir will feature once they are back.

 

[JasonE]

Any away win is good for Les Cats because i think they can win most of their home games this year.

With Bosc being man of the match at 5/8, i'm starting to think he should play alongside Greseque in the halves at the WC, problem is then is that there is no obvious stand out for the fullback position.

 

[Evil Homer]

Well done Les Cats, not a bad crowd for Castleford too.

7060

Decent crowd, lowest of the weekend though.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Decent crowd, lowest of the weekend though.

If thats the lowest, things are looking up in the SL, good stuff.

Lets hope we see the end of 3-4,000 crowds for good.

 

[screeny]

Catalans played very well. Cas were very indisciplined and it's good to see Aaron Gorell back for the French. Bosc kicked very well today. Baille seemed extremely slow for a centre. I can't believe Joe Westerman is only 17! What a talent.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/08/02/09/RUGBYL_Castleford_Quotes.html

POTTER DELIGHTED WITH AWAY WIN

Catalans Dragons coach Mick Potter was delighted with his side's successful start to Super League XIII after they came from 12-2 down to beat promoted Castleford 21-14 at the Jungle.
Although they reached the Challenge Cup final, the French club won just twice on their travels in Super League in 2007, with their last away win coming at Hull KR 10 months ago.
"It was good to come across the Channel and get a win first up," said Potter. "We knew it was going to be tough so I'm just happy to get the two points.
"We had a lot of over-plays in the first half and needed to change the way we played a little bit which we did."
Although the Dragons, starting life after the departed Stacey Jones, dominated the opening half, they lacked the composure to turn their pressure into points and conceded tries to Michael Shenton and Stuart Donlan.
They demonstrated more clinical finishing after the break, however, and went in front thanks to two tries in nine minutes from Gregory Mounis and Jason Croker before stand-off Thomas Bosc clinched the victory with a 70th-minute try.
Potter was delighted with his new half-back pairing of Bosc and Casey McGuire and he also paid tribute to rugby union convert Jean-Phillipe Baile, who came in for his debut after experienced centre Adam Mogg pulled a hamstring in training 24 hours before the match.
"He's only 20 and has played about 10 games in the French league," he said. "For his first hit-out in Super League, he did a real good job.
"We're still working out what his best position will be but he didn't look too much out of place."
Castleford, who have the smallest squad in Super League, went into the match with just 20 fit players and look to have lost winger Donlan for a month with a knee injury sustained in the last tackle of the match.
The Tigers were on the wrong end of a 17-9 penalty count but coach Terry Matterson refused to make excuses for his side's disappointing result.
"I've got to look at where we went wrong," he said. "We had enough opportunities to win the game.
"I'm proud of the effort of the guys but we shouldn't have to work that hard. We need to be a bit smarter. We played dumb with the football.
"It was a massive step up and we competed but we want to do more than that. We need to regroup and build on the good things we did."