Catalans Dragons

[Foreign Legion]

Next stop Super League Champions

 

[miguel de cervantes]

nah, next stop get Toulouse in there with 'em

 

[Walter sobchak]

nah, next stop get Toulouse in there with 'em

Can’t see Toulouse going up this year unfortunately. They need 1 or 2 decent NRL standard player/s who will make a difference and get them over the finishing line.

 

[Foreign Legion]

 

[Walter sobchak]

Next stop Super League Champions

Absolutely no reason why this can’t happen, even as early as next season due to super league being such a weaker competition compared to a few years back.

Wigan have either a few players coming to the end of their careers or are losing a lot of their best players and replacing them with inexperienced youngsters and championship or overseas project players. Leeds are currently a basket case of a club while clubs like Warrington, castleford, hull and Huddersfield are very much hit and miss. There’s only really St. Helens to fear if that’s the right word.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Next Catalans home game in the super8’s against St. Helens should be a complete sellout and cracking atmosphere.

 

[Leigh Howlett]

 

[Leigh Howlett]

Saw this fella next to the owner of the Catalan's, what's their relationship?.

 

[Foreign Legion]

be the coolest kid on the block with this nifty number

 

[Walter sobchak]

Saw this fella next to the owner of the Catalan's, what's their relationship?.

If I’m not mistaken that’s Christophe jouffret. CEO of the Catalan dragons and dad of reserve team player and fullback/halfback Louis jouffret.

 

[deluded pom?]

If I’m not mistaken that’s Christophe jouffret. CEO of the Catalan dragons and dad of reserve team player and fullback/halfback Louis jouffret.

Yes that is Christophe Jouffret.

 

[Storm13]

Do the Dragons now rotate the squad and give more game time to some of the younger French players, allowing more preparation for next season?

Good to see Goudemand have a solid match.

 

[jim_57]

Do the Dragons now rotate the squad and give more game time to some of the younger French players, allowing more preparation for next season?

Good to see Goudemand have a solid match.

I think they will, already did the 2 games before the CC Final. I don't think they can mathematically make the 4 so would be good to see them give some youngsters a run and some tired players a rest.

 

[Foreign Legion]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/7112...allenge-cup-to-barcelonas-nou-camp-after-win/



RUGBY League’s Challenge Cup could be heading to Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium as part of Catalan Dragons’ victory celebrations.

Thousands of fans turned out in the French city of Perpignan as the trophy was paraded after Saturday’s 20-14 win over Warrington.

Now chairman Bernard Guasch has declared he intends to take the silverware across the border into Spain and show it off at the cathedral of football.

Barcelona’s game against fellow Catalonians Girona on September 23 is the match the Dragons' chief wants to take the Challenge Cup to.


If it comes off, at least 80,000 are set to know about the Catalans’ great win at Wembley, the first time they have ever won silverware since joining the English game.

The Nou Camp has been Barcelona's home since it opened in 1957
Guasch revealed his intentions on France Bleu Roussillon radio as the party at Perpignan’s Castillet continued at their Gilbert Brutus Stadium.

They have played in Barcelona before, facing Warrington at the Olympic Stadium in 2009 in front of more than 18,000 spectators.

Catalans’ next Super League match sees them play at Castleford on Saturday evening.

 

[Foreign Legion]

 

[Foreign Legion]

 

[Foreign Legion]

Catalans’ Challenge Cup victory saw the region in party mood after the shock win and saw a European name on the trophy for the first time since continental sides entered the competition in 1997.

As Catalonia has come together to celebrate Les Dracs win, the Challenge Cup Trophy is set to be paraded at the Barcelona vs Girona game on September 23rd.

These two famous Catalonian soccer sides will host the oldest Trophy in Rugby League at a significant cultural epicentre for the region – Camp Nou.


http://www.rugby-league.com/article/53278/set-of-six-this-week-in-rugby-league

 

[Walter sobchak]

Do the Dragons now rotate the squad and give more game time to some of the younger French players, allowing more preparation for next season?

Good to see Goudemand have a solid match.

Hopefully yes. Let’s see what Lucas Albert, Arthur morgue, lambert belmas, da Costa and maybe even the flovie twins etc have to offer super league.

 

[Walter sobchak]

I think they will, already did the 2 games before the CC Final. I don't think they can mathematically make the 4 so would be good to see them give some youngsters a run and some tired players a rest.

Apparently Some of those kids had poor games. Especially brochon which is harsh on a 17 year old.

 

[Walter sobchak]

This has to be the future of RL. Exotic and culturally rich expansion areas mixed in with traditional RL cities/towns in the “heartlands.”