2015 Catalans Dragons season

2015 Catalans Dragons season
Super League XX	8th
Play-off result	Did Not Qualify
Challenge Cup	Quarter Final
2015 record	Wins: 14; Draws: 2; Losses: 16
Points scored	For: 802; Against: 836
Team information
Chairman	Bernard Guasch
Head Coach	Laurent Frayssinous
Captain	Gregory Mounis
Stadium	Stade Gilbert Brutus
Top scorers
Tries	Zeb Taia - 13
Goals	Scott Dureau - 98
Points	Scott Dureau - 210
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This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2015 season. This is the Dragons 10th season in the Super League after they entered through the franchise system, becoming the first successful team.

Pre season friendlies

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Catalan score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
17/1/15	Pre Season	London	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32-16	Tonga, Escare (2), Pelissier, Pala, Pomeroy	Bosc 4/6	-
24/1/15	Pre Season	Chevaliers Cathares	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	58-24	Pomeroy, Oldfield, Whitehead, Escare (2), Carney (2), Garcia, Cardace, Casty	Bosc 9/10	-

Table

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Pts for	Pts agst	Points
1	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos	23	16	1	6	758	477	33
2	File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens	23	16	0	7	598	436	32
3	File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors	23	15	1	7	589	413	31
4	File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants	23	13	2	8	538	394	28
5	Castleford Tigers	23	13	0	10	547	505	26
6	File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves	23	12	0	11	552	456	24
7	Hull FC	23	11	0	12	452	484	22
8	Catalans Dragons	23	9	2	12	561	574	20
9	File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings	23	9	1	13	518	565	19
10	Hull KR	23	9	0	14	534	646	18
11	Salford Red Devils	23	8	1	14	447	617	17
12	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	3	0	20	402	929	6

	Teams in position to qualify for the Super League "Super 8 Play offs"
	Teams in position to join 4 championship sides in the Super League "Super 8 Qualifiers"

2015 fixtures and results

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	Draw
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2015 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
6/2/15	Super League XX	1	12pxSt Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	7-18	Pelissier	Bosc 1/1, Bosc 1 DG	12,008	Sky Sports
14/2/15	Super League XX	2	12pxCastleford	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	13-12	Escare, Whitehead	Dureau 2/4, Dureau 1 DG	6,584	Sky Sports
28/2/15	Super League XX	3	12pxWarrington	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	38-18	Tonga, Oldfield (2), Duport, Taia (2)	Dureau 7/7	8,946	Sky Sports
7/3/15	Super League XX	4	Salford	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	D	40-40	Taia, Duport, Pomeroy (2), Oldfield, Whitehead, Henderson	Dureau 6/8	7,800	Sky Sports
15/3/15	Super League XX	5	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	20-50	Tonga, Oldfield, Casty, Pelissier	Dureau 2/4	6,723	-
20/3/15	Super League XX	6	Hull FC	A	KC Stadium	L	22-33	Duport, Bosc, Escare, Taia	Bosc 3/4	11,994	-
28/3/15	Super League XX	7	12pxLeeds	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	22-38	Whitehead (2), Pelissier, Cardace	Dureau 3/4	8,876	Sky Sports
2/4/15	Super League XX	8	12pxWakefield	A	Belle Vue	W	40-4	Garcia, Tonga, Pomeroy, Whitehead, Cardace (3)	Dureau 6/7	3,015	-
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	File:Widnes colours.svgWidnes	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32-16	Tonga (2), Pelissier (2), Pala, Cardace	Bosc 3/4, Dureau 1/2	7,000	Sky Sports
12/4/15	Super League XX	10	12pxWigan	A	DW Stadium	L	0-34	-	-	12,162	-
19/4/15	Super League XX	11	12pxHuddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	14-38	Dureau, Bousquet	Dureau 3/3	4,404	-
25/4/15	Super League XX	12	Hull KR	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32-24	Baitieri, Springer, Oldfield, Pelissier, Garcia, Whitehead	Bosc 4/6	Attendance	Sky Sports
3/5/15	Super League XX	13	12pxCastleford	A	The Jungle	L	28-36	Yaha, Garcia (3), Taia	Dureau 4/5	5,704	-
9/5/15	Super League XX	14	12pxSt Helens	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	33-26	Garcia (2), Taia (2), Escare	Dureau 6/6, Dureau 1 DG	8,886	Sky Sports
23/5/15	Super League XX	15	12pxWigan	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	58-16	Yaha (2), Gigot (3), Taia (3), Oldfield, Escare	Dureau 9/10	10,423	Sky Sports
31/5/15	Magic Weekend	16	12pxHuddersfield	N	St James Park	D	22-22	Pelissier, Carney (2), Taia	Dureau 3/4	26,970	Sky Sports
5/6/15	Super League XX	17	12pxWarrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	18-26	Gigot, Pelissier, Whitehead	Dureau 3/3	8,611	Sky Sports
13/6/15	Super League XX	18	Hull FC	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	20-14	Bosc, Gigot, Mounis	Dureau 4/4	N/A	Sky Sports
20/6/15	Super League XX	19	12pxWakefield	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32-12	Pomeroy, Inu, Pelissier, Escare, Anderson	Dureau 6/6	7,843	Sky Sports
5/7/15	Super League XX	20	Salford	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	14-18	Casty, Anderson	Dureau 3/3	5,078	-
12/7/15	Super League XX	21	File:Widnes colours.svgWidnes	A	Halton Stadium	L	22-29	Anderson, Whitehead (2), Escare	Dureau 3/4	4,822	-
18/7/15	Super League XX	22	12pxHuddersfield	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	12-14	Inu, Escare	Dureau 2/2	9,761	Sky Sports
26/7/15	Super League XX	23	12pxLeeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	22-36	Gigot (2), Escare, Dureau	Dureau 3/4	15,534	-

2015 Super 8's

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
8/8/15	Super League XX	S1	12pxSt Helens	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	26-16	Gigot, Anderson, Escare	Dureau 7/7	7,392	-
14/8/15	Super League XX	S2	12pxHuddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	12-24	Tonga, Carney	Inu 2/2	4,251	Sky Sports
22/8/15	Super League XX	S3	12pxCastleford	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	44-26	Gigot (3), Taia, Lima, Carney, Escare (2)	Inu 0/2, Bosc 6/6	7,473	Sky Sports
5/9/15	Super League XX	S4	12pxWigan	A	DW Stadium	L	16-42	Inu, Dureau, Sigismeau	Dureau 2/3	8,101	-
12/9/15	Super League XX	S5	12pxLeeds	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	46-16	Bosc (2), Inu (2), Carney, Sigismeau, Lima, Whitehead	Bosc 1/1, Dureau 5/6, Lima 1/1	8,851	Sky Sports
19/9/15	Super League XX	S6	12pxWarrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	6-48	Robin	Dureau 1/1	7,862	-
27/9/15	Super League XX	S7	Hull FC	A	KC Stadium	W	28-24	Garcia, Henderson, Inu, Whitehead, Bosc	Dureau 4/5	10,832	-

Player appearances

• Super League Only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand-Off	SH=Scrum Half	PR=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose Forward	B=Bench

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
1	Morgan Escare	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	12px	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	12px	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
2	Vincent Duport	W	W	W	W	W	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
3	Ben Pomeroy	C	C	C	C	C	12px	C	C	C	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	12px	C	12px	12px	12px	12px
4	Willie Tonga	C	C	C	C	C	C	W	C	C	C	C	12px	C	C	C	C	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	W	W	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
5	Michael Oldfield	W	W	W	W	W	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	W	W	W	12px	W	W	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
6	Todd Carney	12px	12px	SO	SO	12px	SO	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	SO	12px	SO	SO	SO	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	SO	12px	SO	SO	SO	SO	12px	12px
7	Scott Dureau	12px	SH	SH	SH	SH	12px	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	12px	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	12px	SH	SH	SH	SH
8	Olivier Elima	B	B	12px	B	P	P	B	B	12px	B	P	P	12px	P	P	P	P	12px	B	B	12px	12px	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
9	Ian Henderson	SH	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	12px	H	H	H	H	H	H	B	12px	H	H	H
10	Remi Casty	P	12px	12px	12px	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
11	Zeb Taia	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	C	SR	SR	SR	C	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	12px	12px
12	Louis Anderson	L	P	P	P	B	B	SR	12px	B	SR	SR	12px	P	B	B	B	B	B	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	SR	B	B	12px	12px	SR
13	Gregory Mounis	B	L	L	L	L	12px	12px	B	B	B	12px	12px	12px	B	B	B	12px	B	B	B	B	B	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
14	Thomas Bosc	SO	SO	x	x	SO	SH	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SH	SO	12px	12px	12px	12px	SO	SO	12px	12px	12px	12px	SO	B	SH	W	W	SO	SO
15	Jeff Lima	P	P	P	P	P	B	P	12px	12px	P	B	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	12px
16	Eloi Pelissier	H	B			B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	12px	B	B	B	B	H	12px	12px	B	B	B	12px	H	H	B	12px	12px
17	Elliott Whitehead	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	C	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
18	Benjamin Garcia	B	B	B	B	12px	12px	B	P	P	B	B	B	B	C	12px	12px	12px	B	B	C	B	B	B	B	B	B	12px	B	SR	C
19	Mathias Pala	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W	W	12px	C	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Damien Cardace	x	x	x	x	x	C	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	W	12px	12px	12px	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px
21	Julian Bousquet	B	x	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	x	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P	12px	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P
22	Gadwin Springer	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	12px	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Antoni Maria	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	B	12px	12px	12px	12px	B	12px	12px	B	B	B
24	Jason Baitieri	x	B	B	B	12px	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
25	Joan Guasch	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B
26	Stanislas Robin	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	FB	x	x	FB	x	x	B	x	x	SO	x	x	SO	12px	12px	12px	12px	x	x	B	x	W	B
27	Fouad Yaha	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	12px	12px	12px	12px	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Tony Gigot	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C	C	C	C	C	FB	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
29	Thibault Margalet	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	12px	B	x	x	x	B	x	x	x
30	Krisnan Inu	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	C	W
31	Jordan Sigismeau	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W	12px	x	x	W	W	W	W	W
32	Lucas Albert	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SO	SO	12px	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
33	Ugo Perez	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B

= Captain

16px = Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

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	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
17/5/15	Cup	6th	Featherstone	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	37-34	Tonga, Bosc (2), Maria, Yaha, Escare	Bosc 4/4, Bousquet 1/1, Cardace 1/1, Robin 1 DG	9,000	-
25/6/15	Cup	QF	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	26-32	Inu (2), Taia, Henderson, Whitehead	Dureau 3/4	6,073	Sky Sports

Player appearances

• Challenge Cup Games only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand Off	SH=Scrum Half	P=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose Forward	B=Bench

No	Player	6	QF
1	Morgan Escare	FB	FB
2	Vincent Duport	12px	12px
3	Ben Pomeroy	12px	C
4	Willie Tonga	C	12px
5	Michael Oldfield	W	12px
6	Todd Carney	12px	12px
7	Scott Dureau	12px	SH
8	Olivier Elima	12px	12px
9	Ian Henderson	12px	H
10	Remi Casty	P	P
11	Zeb Taia	12px	SR
12	Louis Anderson	SR	B
13	Gregory Mounis	L	B
14	Thomas Bosc	SO	12px
15	Jeff Lima	P	12px
16	Eloi Pelissier	H	B
17	Elliott Whitehead	SR	SR
18	Benjamin Garcia	x	B
19	Mathias Pala	x	x
20	Damien Cardace	B	12px
21	Julian Bousquet	B	P
22	Gadwin Springer	B	12px
23	Antoni Maria	B	x
24	Jason Baitieri	12px	L
25	Joan Guasch	x	x
26	Stanislas Robin	SH	SO
27	Fouad Yaha	W	W
28	Tony Gigot	C	C
30	Krisnan Inu	x	W

2015 squad statistics

• Appearances and Points include (Super League,Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 27 September 2015.

No	Player	Position	Age	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Morgan Escare	Fullback	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	29	12	0	0	48
2	Vincent Duport	Winger	N/A	Toulouse Olympique	6	3	0	0	12
3	Ben Pomeroy	Centre	N/A	Cronulla Sharks	18	4	0	0	16
4	Willie Tonga	Centre	N/A	Parramatta Eels	19	7	0	0	28
5	Michael Oldfield	Wing	N/A	Sydney Roosters	13	6	0	0	24
6	Todd Carney	Stand Off	N/A	Cronulla Sharks	12	5	0	0	20
7	Scott Dureau	Scrum Half	N/A	Newcastle Knights	27	3	98	2	210
8	Olivier Elima	Prop	N/A	Bradford Bulls	24	0	0	0	0
9	Ian Henderson	Hooker	N/A	New Zealand Warriors	29	3	0	0	12
10	Remi Casty	Prop	N/A	Sydney Roosters	21	2	0	0	8
11	Zeb Taia	Second Row	N/A	Newcastle Knights	24	13	0	0	52
12	Louis Anderson	Second Row	N/A	Warrington Wolves	28	4	0	0	16
13	Gregory Mounis	Loose Forward	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	18	1	0	0	4
14	Thomas Bosc	Scrum Half	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	21	7	22	1	73
15	Jeff Lima	Second Row	N/A	South Sydney Rabbitohs	21	2	1	0	10
16	Eloi Pelissier	Hooker	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	24	9	0	0	36
17	Elliott Whitehead	Second Row	N/A	Bradford Bulls	32	12	0	0	48
18	Benjamin Garcia	Loose Forward	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	24	8	0	0	32
19	Mathias Pala	Centre	N/A	Balmain Tigers	4	1	0	0	4
20	Damien Cardace	Wing	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	11	5	1	0	22
21	Julian Bousquet	Prop	N/A	Lézignan Sangliers	29	1	1	0	6
22	Gadwin Springer	Prop	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	3	1	0	0	4
23	Antoni Maria	Second Row	N/A	Toulouse Olympique	8	1	0	0	4
24	Jason Baitieri	Loose Forward	N/A	Sydney Roosters	29	1	0	0	4
25	Joan Guasch	Hooker	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	3	0	0	0	0
26	Stanislas Robin	Fullback	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	10	1	0	1	5
27	Fouad Yaha	Winger	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	11	4	0	0	16
28	Tony Gigot	Centre	N/A	London Broncos	18	11	0	0	44
29	Thibault Margalet	Prop	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	3	0	0	0	0
30	Krisnan Inu	Centre	N/A	Stade Français (RU)	13	8	2	0	36
31	Jordan Sigismeau	Wing	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	7	2	0	0	8
32	Lucas Albert	Scrum Half	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	2	0	0	0	0
33	Ugo Perez	Wing	N/A	Catalan Dragons Academy	2	0	0	0	0

= Captain 16px = Injured 16px = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

In

Nat	Name	Moved From	Contract Length	Date Announced
	Willie Tonga	Parramatta Eels	2 Years	July 2014
	Todd Carney	Cronulla Sharks	3 Years	September 2014
	Remi Casty	Sydney Roosters	4 Years	September 2014

Out

Nat	Name	Moved To	Contract Length	Date Announced
	Leon Pryce	Hull FC	2 Years	July 2014
	Michael Simon	Wakefield Wildcats	2 Years	July 2014
	William Barthau	London Broncos	2 Years	August 2014
	Kevin Larroyer	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 Year Loan	August 2014
	Brent Webb	Retired	N/A	August 2014
	Lopini Paea	Wakefield Wildcats	1 Year	August 2014
	Jamal Fakir	FC Lezignan	2 Years	September 2014
	Jean-Philippe Baile	Bradford Bulls	1 Year	September 2014
	Sam Williams	Canberra Raiders	2 Years	September 2014
	Daryl Millard	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1 Year	January 2015
	Frédéric Vaccari	Palau Broncos

External links

• Catalan Dragons Website
• Catalan Dragons - SL Website