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Sat September 24, 2011
Catalan coach Trent Robinson admits the Dragons will lose some of their fire in the absence of seasoned prop David Ferriol but remains confident they have the arsenal to overcome defending champions Wigan Warriors.
The fiery France international has been the cornerstone of a big and physical Catalan pack for the last five years and was in the side that beat Wigan home and away in Engage Super League this year.
But the 32-year-old will sit out Sunday's second preliminary semi-final at the DW Stadium after picking up a one-match ban for illegal use of the knees during last Saturday's opening 56-6 play-off win over Hull KR.
"David plays that way," Robinson said. "He's an intimidating prop and a hard man and he's paid the consequences.
"It takes a bit of fire out of our game but the guy who comes in needs to bring that."
Robinson has front rower Michael Simon and back rower Cyril Gossard available to help plug the gap while the versatile Setaimata Sa has recovered from the knee injury that forced him to miss the win over Rovers.
Sa has played at centre and stand-off this season but is equally at home in the back row and the combative Jean-Philippe Baile proved to be a useful three-quarter replacement in the win over Hull KR.
Ferriol and Australian centre Ben Farrar are now the Dragons' only absentees after stand-off Thomas Bosc and winger Cyril Stacul recently ended their long injury lay-offs and Robinson is happy with the way his team is shaping up at the business end of the season.
"Physically we're in good shape," he said. "David Ferriol is a loss for us but we've had this all year and I think we've overcome that quite well.
"We're more than just 17 guys now. I think we've got the guys capable of getting the job done."
Wigan coach Michael Maguire is taking little comfort from the absence of Ferriol as the champions look to bounce back from Sunday's 26-18 home by St Helens.
"He's been a big part of what they've been doing but they've got capable people to put in there," he said.
Wigan are without Australian prop Ben Cross, who complained of soreness in the forearm he broke last month when making his comeback in the defeat by St Helens.
Lee Mossop, who dislocated his shoulder in the Carnegie Challenge Cup final at Wembley, is set to take the place of Cross, although Maguire has added utility forward Chris Tuson to his squad.
Sat September 4, 2010
by Matthew O'Neill
France coach Bobbie Goulding has named a 39-man train-on squad for the Alitalia European Cup that he is confident can win the competition and book their place in next year's Four Nations tournament.
In addition to the familiar names from the Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique, Goulding has dipped into the French domestic competition for half of his squad and has also plucked a couple of debutants from the NRL.
"If everyone in this squad is right to play, then we can compete with anyone in the world," said Goulding. "The likes of Olivier Elima, David Ferriol and Remi Casty are good enough to get in any team and I'm very happy with this 39-man squad."
Despite half of the squad playing for Catalans and Toulouse in the British competitions and the bulk of the balance from the French domestic championship, Goulding does not see any problems in marrying the two together. "The guys who are playing in the Engage Super League and the Co-operative Championship will be on a roll while the domestic players will have been in pre-season training and be really up for it."
The new faces in the squad include Quentin Nauroy a young winger from UTC. "He's very, very fast," says Goulding. "He's played four times for the under 20s and impressed." Eloi Pellissier is a team mate of Nauroy's at UTC and Goulding is predicting a very bright future for the young hooker. "If an English club got hold of him for six-months he would be outstanding," he said. "He's got great speed off the mark, is tough and is definitely one for the future."
Jason Baitieri will be flying in from Australia to join the squad. Currently with the Sydney Roosters he will be is joining Catalans next year. Goulding says of him, "He's a tough-as-teak loose forward who's played two full games for the Roosters this year. Jason's a workaholic who does all the dirty work. He's already shown great leadership qualities as well having captained the Newtown Jets, the Roosters' feeder club this year." Baitieri has impeccable French credentials having been born in Paris and his father Tas was the first coach of Paris St Germain.
Dane Chisholm is a stand-off/utility player with Melbourne Storm who has been playing alongside the new England full-back Gareth Widdop. He's got great footwork and ball skills according to Goulding and qualifies through a French mother and grandparents who still live in France.
Goulding will be taking his squad away to camp near Biarritz for a week towards the end of September but can't wait for the tournament to begin. "This competition is really important to us," he said, "France really need to be playing in the Four Nations next year against England, Australia and New Zealand."
FRANCE TRAIN-ON SQUAD
Romaric Bemba, Roman Gagliazzo, Teddy Saddiou (Carcassonne); Jean Philippe Baille, Thomas Bosc, Remi Casty, Olivier Elima (c), Jamil Fakir, David Ferrioll, Cyril Gossard, Clint Greenshield, Gregory Mounis, Sebastian Raguin (Catalan Dragons); Matthew Alberola, Thibault Ancely, Andrew Bentley, Julian Bousquet, Nicolas Munoz, Florian Quintilla, Micheal Tribillac (Lezignan); Dane Chisholm (Melbourne Storm); Maxime Greseque, Christophe Moly (Pia); Jason Baitieri (Sydney Roosters); Vincent Duport, Matthew Griffi, Kevin Larroyer, Antony Maria, Yoan Tisserye (Toulouse); William Barthau, Kane Bentley, Tony Gigot, Sebastien Martins, Quentin Nauroy, Eloi Pellissier, Michael Simon, Cyril Stacul, Julian Touxagas, Fred Vaccari (UTC).
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 2012 Stobart Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
9 games; [View] Round 1 [05 Feb 12] W 34-12 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [18 Feb 12] W 28-20 v Castleford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [24 Feb 12] W 34-32 v St Helens (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [04 Mar 12] L 12-36 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [10 Mar 12] W 40-18 v Salford City (H). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [17 Mar 12] W 20-12 v Hull KR (H). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [25 Mar 12] L 22-32 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [31 Mar 12] W 76-6 v Widnes (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [09 Apr 12] W 44-16 v Warrington (H). [BE]
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2011 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
22 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 11] L 4-11 v Harlequins. [PR]
[View] Round 2 [19 Feb 11] L 14-38 v Wakefield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 11] W 31-18 v Hull KR (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [05 Mar 11] L 16-22 v St Helens (H). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [12 Mar 11] L 24-34 v Castleford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [26 Mar 11] L 10-22 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [03 Apr 11] W 22-20 v Warrington (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [08 Apr 11] W 47-28 v Wigan (A). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [16 Apr 11] W 28-10 v Hull FC (H). [PR]
[View] Round 11 [22 Apr 11] W 37-30 v Harlequins (A). [PR]
[View] Round 13 [30 Apr 11] W 13-12 v Huddersfield (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [13 May 11] L 6-30 v Leeds (A). [PR]
[View] Round 15 [29 May 11] W 42-22 v Wakefield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 16 [04 Jun 11] W 20-12 v Wigan (H). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [11 Jun 11] W 31-18 v Crusaders (H). [PR]
[View] Round 18 [18 Jun 11] L 20-28 v Huddersfield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 11] W 54-20 v Castleford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 20 [02 Jul 11] W 34-28 v Bradford (A). [PR]
Match Fact: Sent Off - High Tackle
[View] Round 24 [12 Aug 11] L 8-40 v Hull FC (A). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [20 Aug 11] L 12-25 v Warrington (H). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] L 28-30 v Hull KR (H). [PR]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 11] W 44-18 v Salford City (A). [PR]
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2010 International Test Matches
France
1 games; [View] Gillette Fusion International [12 Jun 10] L 6-60 v England (A). [PR]
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2010 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
19 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [07 Feb 10] L 20-28 v Wakefield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [14 Feb 10] L 4-16 v Harlequins (A). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [20 Feb 10] L 12-42 v St Helens (H). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [26 Feb 10] L 0-58 v Wigan (A). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [05 Mar 10] W 24-12 v Salford City (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [13 Mar 10] L 16-20 v Castleford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [19 Mar 10] L 6-14 v Crusaders (A). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [27 Mar 10] W 16-10 v Hull KR (H). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [05 Apr 10] L 24-34 v Leeds (H). [PR]
[View] Round 11 [10 Apr 10] L 14-36 v Bradford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 12 [25 Apr 10] L 6-40 v Warrington (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 14 [15 May 10] L 14-28 v Hull FC (H). [PR]
[View] Round 16 [06 Jun 10] L 6-24 v Hull KR (A). [PR]
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 10] L 20-24 v Castleford (A). [PR]
[View] Round 18 [19 Jun 10] W 30-23 v Wakefield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 10] L 8-10 v Hull FC (A). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [01 Aug 10] W 24-22 v Bradford (A). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [14 Aug 10] L 12-16 v Harlequins (H). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [20 Aug 10] L 6-52 v Leeds (A). [PR]
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2009 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
28 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Feb 09] L 8-30 v Huddersfield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [21 Feb 09] W 40-20 v Warrington (A). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] L 12-28 v Hull FC (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [07 Mar 09] L 22-24 v Castleford (H). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [15 Mar 09] L 10-30 v Wakefield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [21 Mar 09] L 24-30 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [09 Apr 09] W 28-24 v Harlequins (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] W 40-24 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [18 Apr 09] W 38-6 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [26 Apr 09] L 10-44 v Hull KR (A). [PR]
[View] Round 12 [03 May 09] L 16-36 v Leeds. [BE]
[View] Round 13 [16 May 09] L 28-32 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [23 May 09] W 30-18 v Celtic (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [06 Jun 09] W 32-30 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [07 Aug 09] W 18-16 v Salford City (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [20 Jun 09] L 12-24 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [27 Jun 09] W 22-20 v Castleford (A). [PR]
[View] Round 19 [04 Jul 09] W 23-12 v Hull KR (H). [PR]
[View] Round 20 [10 Jul 09] L 22-24 v Wigan (A). [PR]
[View] Round 21 [19 Jul 09] W 38-16 v Harlequins (H). [PR]
[View] Round 22 [26 Jul 09] L 12-36 v Huddersfield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 24 [15 Aug 09] W 18-6 v Hull FC (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [23 Aug 09] L 18-42 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 09] L 20-34 v Wakefield (H). [BE]
[View] Round 27 [11 Sep 09] W 24-12 v St Helens (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 1 [19 Sep 09] W 25-16 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 2 [25 Sep 09] W 16-6 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 3 [02 Oct 09] L 20-27 v Leeds (A). [BE]
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2008 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
14 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [09 Feb 08] W 21-14 v Castleford (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [16 Feb 08] L 20-24 v Hull KR (H). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] L 6-34 v Leeds (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [15 Mar 08] W 24-10 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [21 Mar 08] W 24-22 v Harlequins (A). [PR]
[View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 28-20 v Wakefield (H). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [04 Apr 08] W 20-16 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 11 [11 Apr 08] W 26-24 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [04 May 08] W 18-16 v Harlequins. [BE]
[View] Round 14 [17 May 08] L 10-28 v St Helens (A). [PR]
[View] Round 19 [01 Jul 08] W 30-14 v Wakefield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [06 Jul 08] W 30-18 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [09 Aug 08] D 16-16 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [16 Aug 08] W 22-20 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
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2007 engage English Super League
Les Catalans Dragons
23 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 07] D 10-10 v Hull FC (A). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [17 Feb 07] L 16-18 v Wigan (H). [BE]
[View] Round 3 [24 Feb 07] W 30-22 v Leeds (H). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [03 Mar 07] L 0-10 v Salford City (A). [BE]
[View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] L 20-40 v Wakefield (A). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [17 Mar 07] W 23-22 v Huddersfield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [25 Mar 07] W 29-22 v Bradford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] W 34-20 v Hull KR (A). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] L 16-38 v Harlequins (H). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [13 Apr 07] L 10-53 v St Helens (A). [BE]
[View] Round 11 [21 Apr 07] W 27-16 v Warrington (H). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [27 Apr 07] L 8-54 v Leeds (A). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [05 May 07] L 28-32 v Harlequins. [BE]
[View] Round 14 [19 May 07] W 66-6 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [02 Jun 07] L 20-28 v Bradford (H). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [15 Jun 07] L 0-30 v Wigan (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [30 Jun 07] W 24-22 v Warrington (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] L 18-34 v Hull FC (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 22 [05 Aug 07] L 22-42 v Huddersfield (A). [BE]
[View] Round 23 [11 Aug 07] W 21-0 v St Helens (H). [BE]
[View] Round 24 [19 Aug 07] L 18-22 v Warrington (A). [PR]
[View] Round 25 [01 Sep 07] W 38-20 v Wakefield (H). [PR]
[View] Round 26 [09 Sep 07] L 8-40 v Bradford (A). [PR]
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