Damien BLANCH [
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Tue January 24, 2012
Catalan Dragons will be without a specialist winger for their opening Super League match at Bradford Bulls on Sunday week.
Already without last year's leading tryscorer, Damien Blanch, who is still recovering from wrist surgery, the Dragons lost French internationals Cyril Stacul and Frederic Vaccari in last Saturday's 44-22 friendly victory over London Broncos.
Stacul will be sidelined for up to 12 weeks with a broken ankle while Vaccari was seeing a specialist today amid fears that his knee injury could keep him out for at least two months.
A fourth winger, Joseph Negre, has been ruled out for the entire season after rupturing his cruciate ligament while playing for the Catalans' feeder club UTC in the French Championship.
"He's a young kid coming through who would have made his debut in the first trial," said Dragons coach Trent Robinson.
"We're four wingers down, which is not what we expected but that's footie."
Robinson is likely to play centre Vincent Duport and full-back Clint Greenshields on the wings against the Bulls and will almost certainly need to find a new captain after Gregory Mounis suffered knee cartilage damage against the Broncos.
The loose forward is battling to be fit for the opening game but hooker Eloi Pelissier is facing an eight-week lay-off after breaking his jaw on Saturday.
"He did it in his first tackle but played on for about 30 minutes until the medical staff realised it was pretty bad," Robinson said.
"They are deciding if it needs a plate or a pin but at least he will be able to train while it's healing."
Sun September 18, 2011
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Source: www.superleague.co.ukCatalan Dragons raced into the second week of the play-offs with their best performance of the season, demolishing Hull KR 56-6.
Damien Blanch helped himself to a hat-trick of tries and Steve Menzies weighed in with two, while there were also scores from Daryl Millard, Sebastien Raguin, Eloi Pelissier, Cyril Stacul and Clint Greenshields.
Scott Dureau slotted eight goals to up the tally as Rovers were restricted to a try from Craig Hall and Michael Dobson's kick.
Roared on by a partisan crowd, the home side took the lead in the second minute and never looked likely to surrender it.
Hull KR looked to show their intent early by sending Sam Latus away down the right hand side but his break was eventually halted by Ian Henderson.
From the next play Liam Watts attempted a short ball that was intercepted by Menzies, who raced 80 metres before handing on to Blanch to touch down in the right hand corner.
Dureau missed the conversion from the touchline, but the signs were ominous for KR.
Both sides allowed potential scores to slip through their grasp as both Jake Webster and Blanch dropped the ball at key times, but it was the Dragons who extended their lead after twelve minutes when Menzies latched onto Thomas Bosc's short ball to touch down.
Dureau this time added the conversion to extend the lead to 10 points.
Six minutes later the Dragons further extended their lead with a smart play from Greenshields, who sent in Blanch in the right corner.
Dureau missed again but made amends when he sent Menzies in for his second try of the night with a superb flick pass. Dureau added the goal.
He contributed a further two points after the Dragons were given a penalty in front of the posts to give the Catalans a 22-0 half-time lead.
The Dragons continued where they left off in the second half, Millard scoring following good work from Raguin and Stacul, with Dureau converting.
Pelissier was next over the line following some poor defence by Rovers. Dureau added a simple conversion from in front of the posts as the lead eased out to 34 points.
Hull KR did eventually score in the 51st-minute when a smart move saw Blake Green and Michael Dobson combine for one of the first times in the game to send Kris Welham down the left wing. The big centre then delivered to Hall in the left corner, with Dobson on hand to slot the extras.
Normal service was resumed five minutes later when Raguin powered over Welham to touch down and Stacul raced over in the corner.
Dureau converted both tries and was the architect when Gre
enshields raced onto a kick that ricocheted off Dobson and touched down under the posts. Dureau again completed a simple kick.
With two minutes remaining, Dureau's kick handed Blanch his hat-trick opportunity to complete the scoring.
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 2011 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
26 games; 20 tries, 80 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 11] L 4-11 v Harlequins. [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 11] L 14-38 v Wakefield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 11] W 31-18 v Hull KR (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 11] L 16-22 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 11] L 24-34 v Castleford (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 6 [18 Mar 11] W 32-22 v Crusaders (A). [WG]
[View] Round 7 [26 Mar 11] L 10-22 v Salford City (H). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [08 Apr 11] W 47-28 v Wigan (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [16 Apr 11] W 28-10 v Hull FC (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 11] W 37-30 v Harlequins (A). [WG]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 11] D 8-8 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 13 [30 Apr 11] W 13-12 v Huddersfield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] L 6-30 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [29 May 11] W 42-22 v Wakefield (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 11] W 20-12 v Wigan (H). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 11] W 31-18 v Crusaders (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 18 [18 Jun 11] L 20-28 v Huddersfield (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 11] W 54-20 v Castleford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [02 Jul 11] W 34-28 v Bradford (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 21 [10 Jul 11] W 38-18 v Leeds (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [15 Jul 11] L 18-40 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [30 Jul 11] W 48-22 v Harlequins (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 11] L 8-40 v Hull FC (A). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 11] L 12-25 v Warrington (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] L 28-30 v Hull KR (H). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 11] W 44-18 v Salford City (A). [WG]
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2010 engage English Super League
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
21 games; 13 tries, 52 points.
[View] Round 5 [06 Mar 10] L 0-52 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 10] W 36-6 v Salford City (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [26 Mar 10] L 16-32 v Warrington (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [02 Apr 10] W 19-6 v Castleford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] L 14-54 v Wigan (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 10] L 10-20 v Crusaders (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 12 [23 Apr 10] L 8-12 v Hull FC (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 13 - Magic Weekend [01 May 10] L 30-34 v Leeds (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 14 [14 May 10] L 10-29 v Bradford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [23 May 10] W 54-12 v Harlequins (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 10] L 22-28 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 17 [13 Jun 10] L 6-48 v Wigan (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 18 [19 Jun 10] L 23-30 v Catalans (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [27 Jun 10] W 41-0 v Crusaders (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 20 [04 Jul 10] L 14-46 v Hull KR (H). [WG]
[View] Round 22 [18 Jul 10] L 16-40 v Castleford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 23 [25 Jul 10] L 6-50 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [01 Aug 10] L 6-58 v Huddersfield (A). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 10] L 18-36 v Warrington (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [22 Aug 10] L 28-38 v Bradford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 10] L 12-16 v Salford City (A). [WG]
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2009 engage English Super League
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
11 games; 6 tries, 24 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Feb 09] L 4-18 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [22 Feb 09] W 29-10 v Salford City (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] W 48-22 v Warrington (H). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [08 Mar 09] L 18-31 v Hull KR (A). [WG]
[View] Round 5 [15 Mar 09] W 30-10 v Les Catalans (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] L 18-42 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 8 [10 Apr 09] W 35-6 v Castleford (A). [WG]
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] W 24-22 v Bradford (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [17 Apr 09] W 21-14 v Hull FC (A). [WG]
[View] Round 11 [26 Apr 09] L 26-40 v Wigan (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 17 [08 Feb 09] W 12-6 v Wigan (A). [WG]
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2008 World Cup
Ireland
3 games; 5 tries, 20 points.
[View] Pool C [27 Oct 08] L 20-22 v Tonga. [WG] 12 Pts; 3t
[View] Pool C [05 Nov 08] W 34-16 v Samoa. [WG]
[View] Qualifying Final [10 Nov 08] L 14-30 v Fiji. [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
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2008 engage English Super League
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
15 games; 13 tries, 52 points.
[View] Round 12 [26 Apr 08] W 24-20 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [03 May 08] W 54-16 v Castleford. [BE] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 14 [16 May 08] L 12-58 v Leeds (A). [WG]
[View] Round 15 [25 May 08] L 30-38 v Wigan (H). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 16 [07 Jun 08] W 32-16 v Castleford (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 08] W 28-26 v Huddersfield (H). [WG]
[View] Round 18 [21 Jun 08] W 26-18 v Hull KR (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 08] L 14-30 v Les Catalans (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [12 Jul 08] L 18-26 v Hull FC (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [20 Jul 08] L 10-24 v Bradford (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] L 10-42 v St Helens (H). [WG]
[View] Round 24 [10 Aug 08] L 22-48 v Castleford (H). [WG]
[View] Round 25 [15 Aug 08] L 22-32 v Wigan (A). [WG]
[View] Round 26 [23 Aug 08] W 38-32 v Les Catalans (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 27 [05 Sep 08] L 12-30 v Leeds (H). [WG]
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2006 engage English Super League
Castleford Tigers
5 games; [View] Round 1 [10 Feb 06] L 18-42 v Hull (H). [WG]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] L 8-44 v St Helens (A). [WG]
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 06] L 14-66 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] W 28-26 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [28 May 06] L 28-46 v Warrington (A). [WG]
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