2006 Catalans Dragons season

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2006 Catalans Dragons season
Super League XI Rank12th
Play-off resultDid Not Qualify
Challenge CupQuarter Final
2006 recordWins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 21
Points scoredFor: 711; Against: 966
Team information
ChairmanBernard Guasch
Head CoachMichael Potter (was David Waite)
Captain
StadiumStade Aimé Giral
Avg. attendance6,163
High attendance11,000 vs. Wigan Warriors
Top scorers
TriesJustin Murphy (28)
GoalsMichael Dobson (41)
PointsJustin Murphy (112)
List of seasons 2007 >

This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2006 season. This is their 1st season in the Super League.[1] Catalans won their first Super League match 38-30 at home against Wigan Warriors in front of 11,000 people.[2]

Table[]

Pos. Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qual.
1 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 28 24 0 4 939 430 +509 48 Play-off Semi Final
2 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 28 20 0 8 720 578 +142 40
3 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds 28 19 0 9 869 543 +326 38 Play-off Elimination Finals
4 Bullscolours.svg Bradford 28 16 2 10 802 568 +234 32[a]
5 Redscolours.svg Salford 28 13 0 15 600 539 +61 26
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 28 13 0 15 743 721 +22 26
7 Quinscolours.svg Harlequins RL 28 11 1 16 556 823 −267 23
8 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 28 12 0 16 644 715 −71 22[b]
9 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 28 11 0 17 609 753 −144 22
10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 28 10 0 18 591 717 −126 20
11 Castleford colours.svg Castleford 28 9 1 18 575 968 −393 19 Relegated to National League 1
12 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons[c] 28 8 0 20 601 894 −293 16 Exempt from Relegation

Source: Rugby League Project.
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

Notes

^ a: Bradford deducted two points for salary cap breaches in 2005.[3][4]
^ b: Wigan deducted two points for salary cap breaches in 2005.[4][5]

^ c: Exempt from relegation.[6]

Milestones[]

Fixtures and results[]

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2006 Super League

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Report
11 February 2006 Super League XI 1 Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors H Stade Aimé Giral W 38-30 Murphy (2), Fakir, Frayssinous, Guigue, Hindmarsh, Hughes Frayssinous 5/7 11,000 Report
17 February 2006 Super League XI 2 Redscolours.svgSalford City Reds A The Willows L 0-16 - - 4,660 Report
26 February 2006 Super League XI 3 Castleford colours.svgCastleford Tigers A Wheldon Road L 28-34 Beattie, Bosc, Fakir, Guigue, Wilson Frayssinous 4/5 5,825 Report
4 March 2006 Super League XI 4 Bullscolours.svgBradford Bulls H Stade Aimé Giral L 18-50 Mounis (2), Murphy Frayssinous 3/3 9,373 Report
11 March 2006 Super League XI 5 Rhinoscolours.svgLeeds Rhinos H Stade Aimé Giral L 10-58 Dobson, Murphy Frayssinous 1/1, Bosc 0/1 5,783 Report
18 March 2006 Super League XI 6 Wolvescolours.svgWarrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 28-26 Murphy (2), Bosc, Fellous, Teixido Dobson 4/5 9,631 Report
25 March 2006 Super League XI 7 Redscolours.svgSalford City Reds H Stade Aimé Giral L 22-28 Hughes (2), Chan, Wilson Dobson 3/4 6,547 Report
8 April 2006 Super League XI 8 Castleford colours.svgCastleford Tigers H Stade Albert Domec W 51-14 Verges (3), Guisset (2), Hughes (2), Bosc, Murphy Dobson 7/9, Dobson 1 DG 6,109 Report
14 April 2006 Super League XI 9 Quinscolours.svgHarlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop L 14-36 Hughes, Murphy, Rudder Dobson 0/1, Rinaldi 1/2 3,472 Report
17 April 2006 Super League XI 10 Saintscolours.svgSt Helens R.F.C. H Stade Aimé Giral L 20-34 Cologni, Dobson, Wilson Dobson 4/4 8,294 Report
22 April 2006 Super League XI 11 Hullcolours.svgHull F.C. H Stade Aimé Giral L 28-34 Dobson, Fakir, Mounis, Murphy, Rudder Dobson 4/5 6,877 Report
28 April 2006 Super League XI 12 Bullscolours.svgBradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 6-54 Rudder Dobson 1/1 10,522 Report
6 May 2006 Super League XI 13 Wolvescolours.svgWarrington Wolves H Stade Aimé Giral L 16-44 Murphy (2), Fakir Dobson 2/3 5,877 Report
14 May 2006 Super League XI 14 Castleford colours.svgCastleford Tigers A Wheldon Road W 40-18 Wilson (3), Cologni, Dobson, Hindmarsh, Murphy Dobson 6/7 6,024 Report
27 May 2006 Super League XI 15 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity Wildcats H Stade Aimé Giral W 28-20 Frayssinous (2), Fakir, Fellous, Jones Frayssinous 4/5 6,825 Report
11 June 2006 Super League XI 16 Giantscolours.svgHuddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 34-42 Murphy (2), Chan, Guigue, Rinaldi, Wilson Frayssinous 5/6 14,017 Report
18 June 2006 Super League XI 17 Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors A JJB Stadium L 18-24 Beattie, Verges, Wilson Jones 2/2, Frayssinous 1/1 11,250 Report
24 June 2006 Super League XI 18 Quinscolours.svgHarlequins RL H Stade Aimé Giral W 38-18 Murphy (2), Cologni, Hughes, Mounis, Verges Jones 7/7 4,197 Report
1 July 2006 Super League XI 19 Hullcolours.svgHull F.C. H Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié L 16-24 Hindmarsh, Jones, Murphy Jones 2/3 4,479 Report
7 July 2006 Super League XI 20 Saintscolours.svgSt Helens R.F.C. A Knowsley Road L 26-52 Murphy (3), Rudder (2) Frayssinous 3/5 8,058 Report
14 July 2006 Super League XI 21 Bullscolours.svgBradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 16-30 Chan, Mounis, Verges Jones 2/3 10,388 Report
22 July 2006 Super League XI 22 Redscolours.svgSalford City Reds H Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié W 26-6 Murphy (2), Beattie, Jones, Rudder Jones 3/5 5,070 Report
4 August 2006 Super League XI 23 Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors A JJB Stadium L 4-40 Bosc Jones 0/1 12,647 Report
13 August 2006 Super League XI 24 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 14-34 Hughes, Jones Jones 3/3 3,324 Report
19 August 2006 Super League XI 25 Saintscolours.svgSt Helens R.F.C. H W 26-22 Murphy (2), Jones, Mounis, Teixido Jones 2/4, Bosc 1/1 4,551 Report
3 September 2006 Super League XI 26 Hullcolours.svgHull F.C. A KC Stadium L 12-26 Bosc, Jones Frayssinous 2/2 10,300 Report
9 September 2006 Super League XI 27 Giantscolours.svgHuddersfield Giants H Stade Aimé Giral L 12-20 Murphy, Rinaldi Frayssinous 2/2 6,463 Report
15 September 2006 Super League XI 28 Rhinoscolours.svgLeeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 12-60 Bosc, Murphy Frayssinous 2/2 13,391 Report

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 24 25 26 27 28
1 Renaud Guigue B B C B Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B FB FB x x x FB FB FB FB FB FB C FB FB FB FB Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg
2 Justin Murphy W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
3 John Wilson C C C C C C C C L C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SO Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg
4 Mark Hughes W C FB C Injury icon 2.svg C C C C C C C C C C C Injury icon 2.svg C Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg C C C C C C C x
5 Bruno Verges Injury icon 2.svg W W W W W W W W Injury icon 2.svg W W W W W W W W W W W W Injury icon 2.svg W W W W W
6 Laurent Frayssinous FB FB SH SH FB Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg FB FB SO SO SO B B Injury icon 2.svg FB Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg SO SO SO
7 Stacey Jones SH SH Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
8 Chris Beattie P P P P P B B P P P P P B B x P P P P P P P P P P P P B
9 David Berthezène x x x x x B B B B H H H B x B B x B B B H Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B x B B H
10 Jérôme Guisset SR SR SR SR SR P P P P B SR L P P P Injury icon 2.svg L SR P P SR SR SR SR P Injury icon 2.svg P SR
11 Pascal Jampy B Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B SR B B SR L L Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B B Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B x
12 Ian Hindmarsh L L L L SR SR SR SR Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg L SR L SR SR SR SR Injury icon 2.svg SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
13 Grégory Mounis B B B B L L L L SR B B B Injury icon 2.svg B Injury icon 2.svg B B L L H L L L L L L L L
14 Thomas Bosc x x B FB B FB FB FB Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg FB x x x x x x x x x x x W x FB FB FB FB
15 Aurélien Cologni x x x x x x x x x L x x x B x x x H H L x x x x x x x x
16 Sean Rudder SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SR B L C SO SO SO SO SO SO Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg
17 Frédéric Zitter x x x x x x x x x W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
18 Teddy Sadaoui C x x x C x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SO C C C C
19 Alex Chan B B B P P P P B Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B B B B B B B B Injury icon 2.svg B P P P P B P B B
20 Adel Fellous P P P B B B B B B P P P P P P P P P B B B B B B x B x P
21 Julien Touxagas x B B B x x x x C x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x B x B
22 Jamal Fakir SR SR SR SR B SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR Injury icon 2.svg SR SR SR SR SR SR B B B B SR SR SR B
23 Sébastien Martins x x x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
24 Rémi Casty x x x x x x x x B x x x x x B B B B B x B x x x x x x x
25 Julien Rinaldi H H H H H H H H H Injury icon 2.svg B B H H H H H Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg B B B x B H H x
27 Lionel Teixido x x x x B B B x x B x x x x x x x x x x x H H H H x x x
28 Michael Dobson x x x x SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
29 Younes Khattabi x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SO x C x x x x x x x x C
30 Mathieu Griffi x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B B B P
31 Cyrille Gossard 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 x x x

Injury icon 2.svg = Injured

Red card.svg = Suspended

Challenge Cup[]

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
1 April 2006 Cup 4th Manly Sea Eagles colours.svgThornhill Trojans H W 66-0 Casty (2), Hughes (2), Zitter (2), Beattie, Fakir, Mounis, Rudder, Teixido, Verges Dobson 5/7, Frayssinous 4/5 1,000 - Report
21 May 2006 Cup 5th Widnes colours.svgWidnes Vikings A Halton Stadium W 34-16 Verges (2), Dobson, Frayssinous, Hughes, Murphy Dobson 5/6 3,014 - Report
3 June 2006 Cup QF Saintscolours.svgSt Helens R.F.C. A Knowsley Road L 10-56 Jones, Murphy Frayssinous 1/2 8,319 - Report

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 4 5 QF
1 Renaud Guigue FB FB FB
2 Justin Murphy x W W
3 John Wilson C C C
4 Mark Hughes C C C
5 Bruno Verges W W W
6 Laurent Frayssinous B SO SO
7 Stacey Jones Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg SH
8 Chris Beattie P x B
9 David Berthezène x B B
10 Jérôme Guisset SR P P
11 Pascal Jampy Injury icon 2.svg L SR
12 Ian Hindmarsh x SR L
13 Grégory Mounis L Injury icon 2.svg Injury icon 2.svg
14 Thomas Bosc x x x
15 Aurélien Cologni x x x
16 Sean Rudder SO B B
17 Frédéric Zitter W x x
18 Teddy Sadaoui x x x
19 Alex Chan x B B
20 Adel Fellous P P P
21 Julien Touxagas B x x
22 Jamal Fakir SR SR SR
23 Sébastien Martins x x x
24 Rémi Casty B B x
25 Julien Rinaldi H H H
27 Lionel Teixido B x x
28 Michael Dobson SH SH x

Squad statistics[]

  • Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 15 September 2006.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Renaud Guigue Fullback 27 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 21 3 0 0 12
2 Justin Murphy Wing 27 Widnes colours.svgWidnes Vikings 30 28 0 0 112
3 John Wilson Centre 28 Balmain colours.svgWests Tigers 28 8 0 0 32
4 Mark Hughes Centre 29 Newcastle colours.svgNewcastle Knights 26 11 0 0 44
5 Bruno Verges Wing 30 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 28 9 0 0 36
6 Laurent Frayssinous Stand Off 29 Villeneuve Leopards 19 4 37 0 90
7 Stacey Jones Scrum Half 30 New Zealand colours.svgNew Zealand Warriors 17 7 21 0 70
8 Chris Beattie Prop 30 Cronulla colours.svgCronulla Sharks 29 4 0 0 16
9 David Berthezène Hooker 25 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 20 0 0 0 0
10 Jérôme Guisset Prop 28 Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors 29 2 0 0 8
11 Pascal Jampy Second Row 33 Newcastle colours.svgParis St-Germain 13 0 0 0 0
12 Ian Hindmarsh Second Row 29 Canberra colours.svgCanberra Raiders 27 3 0 0 12
13 Grégory Mounis Loose Forward 21 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 27 7 0 0 28
14 Thomas Bosc Stand Off 23 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 12 6 1 0 26
15 Aurélien Cologni Loose Forward 28 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 5 3 0 0 12
16 Sean Rudder Stand Off 27 Castleford colours.svgCastleford Tigers 26 7 0 0 28
17 Frédéric Zitter Wing 26 Barrowcolours.svgBarrow Raiders 2 2 0 0 8
18 Teddy Sadaoui Centre 23 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 7 0 0 0 0
19 Alex Chan Prop 31 Melbourne colours.svgMelbourne Storm 27 3 0 0 12
20 Adel Fellous Prop 28 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 29 2 0 0 8
21 Julien Touxagas Second Row 22 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 8 0 0 0 0
22 Jamal Fakir Prop 24 Villeneuve Leopards 30 6 0 0 24
23 Sébastien Martins Prop 21 Pia Donkeys 1 0 0 0 0
24 Rémi Casty Prop 21 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 9 2 0 0 8
25 Julien Rinaldi Hooker 27 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity Wildcats 25 2 1 0 10
27 Lionel Teixido Hooker 27 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 9 3 0 0 12
28 Michael Dobson Scrum Half 20 Canberra colours.svgCanberra Raiders (Loan) 12 5 41 1 103
29 Younes Khattabi Wing 22 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 3 0 0 0 0
30 Mathieu Griffi Prop 23 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 7 0 0 0 0
31 Cyrille Gossard Second Row 24 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Academy 1 0 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Name Position Signed from Date
New Zealand Stacey Jones Scrum Half New Zealand colours.svgNew Zealand Warriors November 2005[7]
Australia John Wilson Centre Balmain colours.svgWests Tigers November 2005
Australia Mark Hughes Centre Newcastle colours.svgNewcastle Knights November 2005
France Jérôme Guisset Prop Wigancolours.svgWigan Warriors November 2005[8]
Australia Ian Hindmarsh Second Row Canberra colours.svgCanberra Raiders November 2005[9]
New Zealand Alex Chan Prop Melbourne colours.svgMelbourne Storm November 2005
Australia Michael Dobson Scrum Half Canberra colours.svgCanberra Raiders (Loan) March 2006

Out[]

Name Position Club Signed Date
Australia Matt Bickerstaff Second Row St. George Illawarra colours.svgSt George Illawarra Dragons November 2005
England Steve Hall Wing Retirement November 2005
France Romain Gagliazzo Prop AS Carcassonne November 2005
France Sébastien Martins Second Row HKRcolours.svgHull Kingston Rovers (Loan) May 2006

References[]

  1. ^ "Catalan prepare to cross new frontiers". The Telegraph. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Catalans Dragons 38-30 Wigan". BBC Sport. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ BBC Sport (2006-08-14). "Bulls punished for salary breach". BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  4. ^ a b BBC Sport (2007-06-21). "New salary cap for Super League". BBC. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  5. ^ BBC Sport (2006-08-11). "Wigan back in mire after penalty". BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  6. ^ Mark Orlovac (2006-02-10). "Catalans banking on home success". BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  7. ^ "Perpignan sign Kiwi great Jones". BBC Sport. 21 April 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Guisset tipped for move to France". Wigan Today. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Hindmarsh swaps Canberra for the south of France". ABC News. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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