2007 Catalans Dragons season

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2007 Catalans Dragons season
Super League XII Rank10th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
Challenge CupRunners Up
2007 recordWins: 14; draws: 1; losses: 17
Points scoredFor: 735; against: 788
Team information
ChairmanBernard Guasch
Head CoachMichael Potter
Captain
StadiumStade Gilbert Brutus
Avg. attendance7,706
High attendance9,300 vs. Harlequins RL
Top scorers
TriesThomas Bosc, Adam Mogg & Clint Greenshields (13)
GoalsThomas Bosc (68)
PointsThomas Bosc (189)
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This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2007 season. This is their 2nd season in the Super League.

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St Helens (L) 27 19 0 8 783 422 +361 38 Semifinal
2 Leeds Rhinos (C) 27 18 1 8 747 487 +260 37
3 Bradford Bulls 27 17 1 9 778 560 +218 33[a] Elimination semifinal
4 Hull F.C. 27 14 2 11 573 553 +20 30
5 Huddersfield Giants 27 13 1 13 638 543 +95 27
6 Wigan Warriors 27 15 1 11 621 527 +94 27[b]
7 Warrington Wolves 27 13 0 14 693 736 −43 26
8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 11 1 15 596 714 −118 23
9 Harlequins 27 10 3 14 495 636 −141 23
10 Catalans Dragons 27 10 1 16 570 685 −115 21
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 0 17 491 723 −232 20
12 Salford City Reds (R) 27 6 1 20 475 874 −399 13 Relegation to National League One
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches.
  2. ^ Wigan deducted 4 points for salary cap breaches.

Milestones[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2007 Super League

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Report
11 February 2007 Super League XII 1 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium D 10-10 Duport, Mogg Gorrell 1/2 12,673 Report
17 February 2007 Super League XII 2 Wigan Warriors H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 16-18 Chan, Murphy Gorrell 4/5 7,052 Report
24 February 2007 Super League XII 3 Leeds Rhinos H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 30-22 Bosc, Chan, Duport, McGuire, Pelo Gorrell 5/6 7,630 Report
3 March 2007 Super League XII 4 Salford City Reds A The Willows L 0-10 - - 4,085 Report Archived 21 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
11 March 2007 Super League XII 5 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 20-40 Murphy (2), Croker Bosc 4/4, Jones 0/1 5,332 Report
17 March 2007 Super League XII 6 Huddersfield Giants H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 23-22 Bosc, Greenshields, Mogg, Teixido Bosc 3/4, Jones 1 DG 8,300 Report
25 March 2007 Super League XII 7 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 29-22 Bosc (2), Ferriol, Greenshields, Wilson Bosc 4/6, Croker 1 DG 11,298 Report
6 April 2007 Super League XII 8 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park W 34-20 K.Bentley, Croker, Duport, Greenshields, Jones, Pelo Bosc 5/6 6,701 Report
9 April 2007 Super League XII 9 Harlequins RL H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 16-38 Bosc, Fellous, Pelo Bosc 2/3 9,300 Report
13 April 2007 Super League XII 10 St Helens R.F.C. A Knowsley Road L 10-53 Pelo, Touxagas Bosc 1/2 7,918 Report
21 April 2007 Super League XII 11 Warrington Wolves H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 27-16 Bosc, Chan, Charles, McGuire Bosc 5/5, Jones 1 DG 9,050 Report
27 April 2007 Super League XII 12 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 8-54 Charles, Mogg Bosc 0/2 15,581 Report
5 May 2007 Magic Weekend 13 Harlequins RL N Millennium Stadium L 28-32 Jones (2), A.Bentley, Greenshields, Wilson Bosc 4/5 32,384 Report
19 May 2007 Super League XII 14 Salford City Reds H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 66-6 Murphy (3), Bosc (2), Mogg (2), McGuire (2), Gossard, Greenshields, Guisset Bosc 9/13 8,820 Report
27 May 2007 Super League XII 15 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 12-18 Wilson (2) Bosc 2/2 4,023 Report
2 June 2007 Super League XII 16 Bradford Bulls H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 20-28 Bosc, Gossard, McGuire, Wilson Bosc 2/4 7,555 Report
15 June 2007 Super League XII 17 Wigan Warriors A JJB Stadium L 0-30 - - 12,641 Report
30 June 2007 Super League XII 18 Warrington Wolves H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 24-22 Croker, Ferriol, Khattabi, McGuire, Wilson Bosc 2/5 8,850 Report
7 July 2007 Super League XII 19 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop L 22-30 Bosc, Greenshields, McGuire, Raguin Bosc 3/4 2,546 Report
14 July 2007 Super League XII 20 Hull Kingston Rovers H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 20-22 Khattabi (2), Greenshields, Jones Bosc 2/4 7,830 Report
21 July 2007 Super League XII 21 Hull F.C. H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 18-34 Bosc, Ferriol, Mogg, Quigley Bosc 1/4 7,560 Report
5 August 2007 Super League XII 22 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 22-42 Chan, Croker, Khattabi, Mogg Jones 3/4 4,319 Report
11 August 2007 Super League XII 23 St Helens R.F.C. H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 21-0 Croker, Greenshields, Khattabi, Murphy Jones 2/4, Jones 1 DG 8,655 Report
19 August 2007 Super League XII 24 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-22 Greenshields, Jones, Murphy Jones 3/3 8,125 Report
1 September 2007 Super League XII 25 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 38-20 Casty, Croker, Gossard, Greenshields, Mogg, Murphy Jones 7/7 7,325 Report
9 September 2007 Super League XII 26 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 8-40 Fellous Jones 2/2 9,350 Report
15 September 2007 Super League XII 27 Harlequins RL H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 30-14 Greenshields (2), Wilson (2), Stacul Jones 5/5 8,420 Report

Player appearances[edit]

  • 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 24 25 26 27
1 Clint Greenshields 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 Justin Murphy W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
3 John Wilson SH SH C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
4 Adam Mogg C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SO SO SO x SO
5 Dimitri Pelo W W W W W W W W W W W W
6 Casey McGuire SO SO SH SH SO SO SO SO SO SO B B B SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO
7 Stacey Jones SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
8 David Ferriol B B B B P P B B B B B B B B B B B B B B P P P x
9 David Berthezène B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
10 Jérôme Guisset P P B P B B P P P P P P B P P P P P P P P P P x x B
11 Sébastien Raguin SR SR SR SR B B B B B SR SR C C C C C
12 Jason Croker SR SR SR SR SR SR SR L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SO SR
13 Grégory Mounis L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L B SR B
14 Thomas Bosc x x SO SO B W W W W W SO SO SO W W W W W W W W
15 Mathieu Griffi x x x x x B B x B B x x x B B B B B B B B B B B B
16 Lionel Teixido B B B H H H H H H H B x B B x x x x x x x x B B B
17 Cyrille Gossard B B B B B SR SR SR SR L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B B SR SR SR SR SR
18 Vincent Duport C C C x C C x C C W x x x x x x B B W x x C C x
19 Alex Chan P SR P B P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P x P
20 Adel Fellous B P P P B B B B B B B x B x
21 Julien Touxagas x x x x x x x B L L L L SR SR SR SR SR B B x x B B B x B x
22 Jamal Fakir B B
23 Aaron Gorrell H H H
24 Rémi Casty x B x x x x x B x x B B P x x x x x x x x x B B B P P
25 Younes Khattabi x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x B W W W W W W W W x x
26 Luke Quigley x x x x x x B H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H
27 Andrew Bentley x x x x x x x SR SR SR SR SR SR B B B B L L L
28 Kane Bentley x x x x x x x B B B H B B x x x
29 Olivier Charles x x x x x x x x x x W W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
30 Cyril Stacul 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 W W

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup[edit]

Catalans Dragons fans at Wembley ahead of the 2007 Challenge Cup Final
LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
29 March 2007 Cup 4th Featherstone Rovers H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 70-12 Gossard (2), Mogg (2), A.Bentley, Bosc, Casty, Chan, Duport, Fellous, Ferriol, Khattabi Bosc 11/12 1,545 - Report
13 May 2007 Cup 5th Whitehaven R.L.F.C. A Recreation Ground W 24-14 K.Bentley, Bosc, Duport, Touxagas Bosc 4/4 3,008 - Report
10 June 2007 Cup QF Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 26-23 Mogg (2), Greenshields, Wilson Bosc 4/5, Bosc 1 DG, Guisset 1 DG 7,441 - Report
29 July 2007 Cup SF Wigan Warriors N Halliwell Jones Stadium W 37-24 Duport (2), Croker, McGuire, Mogg, Wilson Jones 6/7, Jones 1 DG 10,218 BBC Sport Report
25 August 2007 Cup Final St Helens R.F.C. N Wembley Stadium L 8-30 Khattabi, Murphy Jones 0/2 84,241 BBC Sport Report
2007 Challenge Cup Final
Catalans Dragons positions St Helens R.F.C.
1. Clint Greenshields Fullback 1. Paul Wellens
2. Justin Murphy Winger 2. Ade Gardner
3. John Wilson Centre 3. Matt Gidley
11. Sébastien Raguin Centre 4. Willie Talau
25. Younes Khattabi Winger 5. Francis Meli
4. Adam Mogg Stand off 6. Leon Pryce
7. Stacey Jones (c) Scrum half 7. Sean Long
10. Jérôme Guisset Prop 8. Nick Fozzard
26. Luke Quigley Hooker 9. Kieron Cunningham (c)
19. Alex Chan Prop 10. Jason Cayless
12. Jason Croker 2nd Row 11. Lee Gilmour
17. Cyrille Gossard 2nd Row 15. Mike Bennett
13. Grégory Mounis Loose forward 12. Jon Wilkin
8. David Ferriol Interchange 14. James Roby
18. Vincent Duport Interchange 17. James Graham
24. Rémi Casty Interchange 22. Paul Clough
27. Andrew Bentley Interchange 23. Maurie Fa'asavalu
Mick Potter Coach Daniel Anderson

Player appearances[edit]

  • 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 4 5 QF SF F
1 Clint Greenshields x FB FB FB FB
2 Justin Murphy W W W
3 John Wilson SO C C C C
4 Adam Mogg C C C C SO
5 Dimitri Pelo W
6 Casey McGuire x B x SO
7 Stacey Jones SH SH SH SH SH
8 David Ferriol P B B B B
9 David Berthezène x x x x x
10 Jérôme Guisset L P P P P
11 Sébastien Raguin x SR C
12 Jason Croker x SR SR
13 Grégory Mounis x L L L
14 Thomas Bosc FB SO SO
15 Mathieu Griffi x B P B x
16 Lionel Teixido H B B x x
17 Cyrille Gossard SR SR SR B SR
18 Vincent Duport C W x W B
19 Alex Chan B P L P P
20 Adel Fellous B x x
21 Julien Touxagas B SR SR B x
22 Jamal Fakir
23 Aaron Gorrell
24 Rémi Casty P x x x B
25 Younes Khattabi W x W W W
26 Luke Quigley x H H H
27 Andrew Bentley SR B
28 Kane Bentley B H B B

Squad statistics[edit]

  • Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 15 September 2007.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Clint Greenshields Fullback 25 St George Illawarra Dragons 31 13 0 0 52
2 Justin Murphy Wing 28 Widnes Vikings 18 10 0 0 40
3 John Wilson Centre 29 Wests Tigers 25 10 0 0 40
4 Adam Mogg Centre 30 Canberra Raiders 31 13 0 0 52
5 Dimitri Pelo Wing 22 Unattached 13 4 0 0 16
6 Casey McGuire Stand off 27 Brisbane Broncos 24 8 0 0 32
7 Stacey Jones Scrum half 31 New Zealand Warriors 28 5 28 4 80
8 David Ferriol Prop 28 Limoux Grizzlies 28 4 0 0 16
9 David Berthezène Hooker 26 Catalans Dragons Academy 1 0 0 0 0
10 Jérôme Guisset Prop 29 Wigan Warriors 29 1 0 1 5
11 Sébastien Raguin Second row 28 Toulouse Olympique 18 1 0 0 4
12 Jason Croker Second row 34 Canberra Raiders 23 7 0 1 29
13 Grégory Mounis Loose forward 22 Catalans Dragons Academy 24 0 0 0 0
14 Thomas Bosc Stand off 24 Catalans Dragons Academy 22 13 68 1 189
15 Mathieu Griffi Prop 24 Catalans Dragons Academy 19 0 0 0 0
16 Lionel Teixido Hooker 28 Catalans Dragons Academy 19 1 0 0 4
17 Cyrille Gossard Second row 25 Catalans Dragons Academy 29 5 0 0 20
18 Vincent Duport Wing 19 Catalans Dragons Aacdemy 17 7 0 0 28
19 Alex Chan Prop 32 Melbourne Storm 31 5 0 0 20
20 Adel Fellous Prop 29 Catalans Dragons Academy 13 3 0 0 12
21 Julien Touxagas Second row 23 Catalans Dragons Academy 20 2 0 0 8
22 Jamal Fakir Prop 25 Villeneuve Leopards 2 0 0 0 0
23 Aaron Gorrell Hooker 26 St George Illawarra Dragons 3 0 10 0 20
24 Rémi Casty Prop 22 Catalans Dragons Academy 12 2 0 0 8
25 Younes Khattabi Wing 23 Catalans Dragons Academy 15 7 0 0 28
26 Luke Quigley Hooker 26 Newcastle Knights 20 1 0 0 4
27 Andrew Bentley Second row 22 Catalans Dragons Academy 15 2 0 0 8
28 Kane Bentley Hooker 20 Catalans Dragons Academy 10 2 0 0 8
29 Olivier Charles Wing 28 Villeneuve Leopards 2 2 0 0 8
30 Cyril Stacul Wing 22 Catalans Dragons Academy 2 1 0 0 4

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Name Position Signed from Date
Australia Clint Greenshields Fullback St George Illawarra Dragons June 2006[1]
Australia Casey McGuire Stand off Brisbane Broncos June 2006[2]
Australia Adam Mogg Centre Canberra Raiders July 2006[3]
France David Ferriol Prop Limoux Grizzlies October 2006[4]
France Dimitri Pelo Wing Unattached October 2006
Australia Jason Croker Second row Canberra Raiders August 2006[5]
Australia Aaron Gorrell Hooker St George Illawarra Dragons October 2006[6]
France Sébastien Raguin Second row Toulouse Olympique October 2006[7]
Australia Luke Quigley Hooker Newcastle Knights March 2007[8]

Out[edit]

Name Position Club Signed Date
Australia Ian Hindmarsh Second row Parramatta Eels August 2006[9]
Australia Chris Beattie Prop Sydney Roosters September 2006[10]
France Julien Rinaldi Hooker Harlequins RL September 2006[11]
France Pascal Jampy Second row Retired September 2006[12]
France Renaud Guigue Fullback Released September 2006[13]
France Bruno Verges Wing Released September 2006[14]
France Frédéric Zitter Wing Released September 2006
France Laurent Frayssinous Stand off Retired September 2006[15]
France Teddy Sadaoui Centre AS Carcassonne November 2006
Australia Sean Rudder Stand off Retired November 2006
Australia Mark Hughes Centre Retired November 2006
France Aurélien Cologni Loose forward Crusaders RL November 2006
France Sébastien Martins Second row Leigh Centurions (Loan) November 2006
France David Berthezène Hooker Salford City Reds March 2007
France Olivier Charles Wing Released June 2007

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dragons make Greenshields signing". BBC Sport. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Dragons snap up versatile Bronco". BBC Sport. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Dragons say Mogg deal is still on". BBC Sport. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Catalans sign French prop Ferriol". BBC Sport. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Catalans sign Raiders star Croker". BBC Sport. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Gorrell clinches Catalans switch". BBC Sport. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Super League XII - ins and outs". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Dragons sign up hooker Quigley". BBC Sport. 10 March 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Catalans release Aussie Hindmarsh". BBC Sport. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Ex-Dragon Beattie joins Roosters". BBC Sport. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Rinaldi leaves Catalans for Quins". BBC Sport. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Team-by-team guide". The Guardian. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Super League XII - ins and outs". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Super League XII - ins and outs". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  15. ^ "McFadden set for role at Catalans". BBC Sport. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.