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)

Jeff Lima (South Sydney)

Ben Pomeroy (Cronulla)

Elliott Whitehead (Bradford)

Out:

Damien Blanch (Released)

Steve Menzies (Retired)

Remi Casty (Sydney Roosters)

Kevin Larroyer (Hull KR)

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.”