2015 Catalans Dragons season

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2015 Catalans Dragons season
Super League XX Rank8th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
Challenge CupQuarter-final
2015 recordWins: 14; draws: 2; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 802; against: 836
Team information
ChairmanBernard Guasch
Head CoachLaurent Frayssinous
Captain
StadiumStade Gilbert Brutus
Top scorers
TriesZeb Taia - 13
GoalsScott Dureau - 98
PointsScott 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), Pélissier, 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

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Super League

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 +281 33 Super League Super 8s
2 St Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 +162 32
3 Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 +176 31
4 Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 +144 28
5 Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 +42 26
6 Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 +96 24
7 Hull F.C. 23 11 0 12 452 484 −32 22
8 Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 −13 20
9 Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 −47 19 The Qualifiers
10 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 9 0 14 534 646 −112 18
11 Salford City Reds 23 8 1 14 447 617 −170 17
12 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 −527 6
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8s

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leeds Rhinos (L, C) 30 20 1 9 944 650 +294 41 Semi-finals
2 Wigan Warriors 30 20 1 9 798 530 +268 41
3 Huddersfield Giants 30 18 2 10 750 534 +216 38
4 St Helens 30 19 0 11 766 624 +142 38
5 Castleford Tigers 30 16 0 14 731 746 −15 32
6 Warrington Wolves 30 15 0 15 714 636 +78 30
7 Catalans Dragons 30 13 2 15 739 770 −31 28
8 Hull F.C. 30 12 0 18 620 716 −96 24
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2015 fixtures and results

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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 St. Helens A Langtree Park L 7-18 Pélissier Bosc 1/1, Bosc 1 DG 12,008 Sky Sports
14/2/15 Super League XX 2 Castleford 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 Warrington 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 Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 20-50 Tonga, Oldfield, Casty, Pélissier Dureau 2/4 6,723 -
20/3/15 Super League XX 6 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium L 22-33 Duport, Bosc, Escare, Taia Bosc 3/4 11,994 -
28/3/15 Super League XX 7 Leeds H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 22-38 Whitehead (2), Pélissier, Cardace Dureau 3/4 8,876 Sky Sports
2/4/15 Super League XX 8 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 40-4 Garcia, Tonga, Pomeroy, Whitehead, Cardace (3) Dureau 6/7 3,015 -
6/4/15 Super League XX 9 Widnes H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 32-16 Tonga (2), Pélissier (2), Pala, Cardace Bosc 3/4, Dureau 1/2 7,000 Sky Sports
12/4/15 Super League XX 10 Wigan A DW Stadium L 0-34 - - 12,162 -
19/4/15 Super League XX 11 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 14-38 Dureau, Bousquet Dureau 3/3 4,404 -
25/4/15 Super League XX 12 Hull Kingston Rovers H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 32-24 Baitieri, Springer, Oldfield, Pélissier, Garcia, Whitehead Bosc 4/6 Attendance Sky Sports
3/5/15 Super League XX 13 Castleford A The Jungle L 28-36 Yaha, Garcia (3), Taia Dureau 4/5 5,704 -
9/5/15 Super League XX 14 St. 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 Wigan 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 Huddersfield N St James' Park D 22-22 Pélissier, Carney (2), Taia Dureau 3/4 26,970 Sky Sports
5/6/15 Super League XX 17 Warrington A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-26 Gigot, Pélissier, Whitehead Dureau 3/3 8,611 Sky Sports
13/6/15 Super League XX 18 Hull F.C. H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 20-14 Bosc, Gigot, Mounis Dureau 4/4 N/A Sky Sports
20/6/15 Super League XX 19 Wakefield Trinity A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 32-12 Pomeroy, Inu, Pélissier, 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 Widnes A Halton Stadium L 22-29 Anderson, Whitehead (2), Escare Dureau 3/4 4,822 -
18/7/15 Super League XX 22 Huddersfield H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 12-14 Inu, Escare Dureau 2/2 9,761 Sky Sports
26/7/15 Super League XX 23 Leeds 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 St. Helens H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 26-16 Gigot, Anderson, Escare Dureau 7/7 7,392 -
14/8/15 Super League XX S2 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium L 12-24 Tonga, Carney Inu 2/2 4,251 Sky Sports
22/8/15 Super League XX S3 Castleford 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 Wigan A DW Stadium L 16-42 Inu, Dureau, Sigismeau Dureau 2/3 8,101 -
12/9/15 Super League XX S5 Leeds 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 Warrington A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 6-48 Robin Dureau 1/1 7,862 -
27/9/15 Super League XX S7 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 28-24 Garcia, Henderson, Inu, Whitehead, Bosc Dureau 4/5 10,832 -

Player appearances

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  • 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 FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB
2 Vincent Duport W W W W W W
3 Ben Pomeroy C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
4 Willie Tonga C C C C C C W C C C C C C C C W W W
5 Michael Oldfield W W W W W W W W W W W W
6 Todd Carney SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO
7 Scott Dureau SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
8 Olivier Elima B B B P P B B B P P P P P P B B 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 H H H H H H B H H H
10 Rémi Casty P B P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
11 Zeb Taia SR SR SR SR SR SR C SR SR SR C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
12 Louis Anderson L P P P B B SR B SR SR P B B B B B SR SR SR SR SR B SR B B SR
13 Gregory Mounis B L L L L B B B B B B B B B B B
14 Thomas Bosc SO SO x x SO SH SO SO SO SO SO SH SO SO SO SO B SH W W SO SO
15 Jeff Lima P P P P P B P P B P P P P P P P P P P P
16 Éloi Pélissier H B B B B B B B B B B B B B B H B B B H H B
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 B P P B B B B C B B C B B B B B B B SR C
19 Mathias Pala x x x x x x x W W W C 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 W
21 Julian Bousquet B x B B B B B B B x B B B B B B B P 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 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 B B B B
24 Jason Baitieri x B B B 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 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 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 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 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 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

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Challenge Cup

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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV
17/5/15 Cup 6th Featherstone Rovers 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 Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 26-32 Inu (2), Taia, Henderson, Whitehead Dureau 3/4 6,073 Sky Sports

Player appearances

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  • 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
3 Ben Pomeroy C
4 Willie Tonga C
5 Michael Oldfield W
6 Todd Carney
7 Scott Dureau SH
8 Olivier Elima
9 Ian Henderson H
10 Rémi Casty P P
11 Zeb Taia SR
12 Louis Anderson SR B
13 Gregory Mounis L B
14 Thomas Bosc SO
15 Jeff Lima P
16 Éloi Pélissier H B
17 Elliott Whitehead SR SR
18 Benjamin Garcia x B
19 Mathias Pala x x
20 Damien Cardace B
21 Julian Bousquet B P
22 Gadwin Springer B
23 Antoni Maria B x
24 Jason Baitieri 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

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Further information: Catalans Dragons
  • 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 Catalans 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 Rémi 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 Catalans Dragons Academy 18 1 0 0 4
14 Thomas Bosc Scrum half N/A Catalans Dragons Academy 21 7 22 1 73
15 Jeff Lima Second row N/A South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 2 1 0 10
16 Éloi Pélissier Hooker N/A Catalans 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 Catalans 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 Catalans 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 Catalans 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 Catalans Dragons Academy 3 0 0 0 0
26 Stanislas Robin Fullback N/A Catalans Dragons Academy 10 1 0 1 5
27 Fouad Yaha Winger N/A Catalans 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 Catalans 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 Catalans Dragons Academy 7 2 0 0 8
32 Lucas Albert Scrum half N/A Catalans Dragons Academy 2 0 0 0 0
33 Ugo Perez Wing N/A Catalans Dragons Academy 2 0 0 0 0

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2015 transfers in/out

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In

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

Out

Nat Name Moved To Contract Length Date announced
England Leon Pryce Hull F.C. 2 Years July 2014
France Michael Simon Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2 Years July 2014
France William Barthau London Broncos 2 Years August 2014
France Kevin Larroyer Hull Kingston Rovers 1 Year Loan August 2014
New Zealand Brent Webb Retired N/A August 2014
Tonga Lopini Paea Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 Year August 2014
France Jamal Fakir Lézignan Sangliers 2 Years September 2014
France Jean-Philippe Baile Bradford Bulls 1 Year September 2014
Australia Sam Williams Canberra Raiders 2 Years September 2014
Fiji Daryl Millard South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 Year January 2015
France Frédéric Vaccari Palau Broncos

References

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