2007 Catalans Dragons season explained

Year:	2007
Team Colour:	ffff00
Font Colour:	ff0000
League:	Super League
League Rank:	10th
League Wins:	10
League Draws:	1
League Losses:	16
Points For:	735
Points Against:	788
Playoff Result:	Did not qualify
Cup:	Challenge Cup
Cup Result:	Runners Up
Cup Wins:	4
Cup Losses:	1
Ceo Title:	Chairman
Coach Title:	Head Coach
Avg Attendance:	7,706
Top Tries:	Thomas Bosc, Adam Mogg & Clint Greenshields (13)
Top Goals:	Thomas Bosc (68)
Top Points:	Thomas Bosc (189)
List:	yes
List Link:	List of Catalans Dragons seasons

This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2007 season. This is their 2nd season in the Super League.

Milestones

• Round 1: Clint Greenshields, Adam Mogg, Vincent Duport, Dimitri Pelo, Casey McGuire, Aaron Gorrell, Sébastien Raguin, Jason Croker and David Ferriol made their debuts for the Dragons.
• Round 1: Vincent Duport and Adam Mogg scored their 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 1: Aaron Gorrell kicked his 1st goal for the Dragons.
• Round 3: Casey McGuire and Dimitri Pelo scored their 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 5: Jason Croker scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 6: Clint Greenshields scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 6: Stacey Jones kicked his 1st drop-goal for the Dragons.
• Round 7: Luke Quigley made his debut for the Dragons.
• Round 7: David Ferriol scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 7: Jason Croker kicked his 1st drop-goal for the Dragons.
• CCR4: Andrew Bentley and Kane Bentley made their debut for the Dragons.
• CCR4: Cyrille Gossard, Andrew Bentley and Younes Khattabi scored their 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 8: Kane Bentley scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 8: Thomas Bosc reached 100 points for the Dragons.
• Round 10: Julien Touxagas scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 11: Olivier Charles made his debut for the Dragons.
• Round 11: Olivier Charles scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 14: Justin Murphy scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Dragons.
• CCQF: Thomas Bosc and Jérôme Guisset kicked their 1st drop-goal for the Dragons.
• Round 18: Jérôme Guisset made his 50th appearance for the Dragons.
• Round 19: Sébastien Raguin scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• Round 19: Thomas Bosc reached 200 points for the Dragons.
• Round 20: Alex Chan made his 50th appearance for the Dragons.
• Round 21: Luke Quigley scored his 1st try for the Dragons.
• CCSF: Stacey Jones reached 100 points for the Dragons.
• Round 23: John Wilson made his 50th appearance for the Dragons.
• Round 26: Cyril Stacul made his debut for the Dragons.
• Round 26: Grégory Mounis made his 50th appearance for the Dragons.
• Round 27: Cyril Stacul scored his 1st try for the Dragons.

Fixtures and results

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2007 Super League

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Report
	11 February 2007		1		A		D	10-10		Gorrell 1/2	12,673	Report
	17 February 2007		2		H		L	16-18		Gorrell 4/5	7,052	Report
	24 February 2007		3		H		W	30-22		Gorrell 5/6	7,630	Report
	3 March 2007		4		A		L	0-10	-	-	4,085	Report
	11 March 2007		5		A		L	20-40		Bosc 4/4, Jones 0/1	5,332	Report
	17 March 2007		6		H		W	23-22		Bosc 3/4, Jones 1 DG	8,300	Report
	25 March 2007		7		A		W	29-22		Bosc 4/6, Croker 1 DG	11,298	Report
	6 April 2007		8		A		W	34-20		Bosc 5/6	6,701	Report
	9 April 2007		9		H		L	16-38		Bosc 2/3	9,300	Report
	13 April 2007		10		A		L	10-53		Bosc 1/2	7,918	Report
	21 April 2007		11		H		W	27-16		Bosc 5/5, Jones 1 DG	9,050	Report
	27 April 2007		12		A		L	8-54		Bosc 0/2	15,581	Report
	5 May 2007		13		N		L	28-32		Bosc 4/5	32,384	Report
	19 May 2007		14		H		W	66-6		Bosc 9/13	8,820	Report
	27 May 2007		15		A		L	12-18	Wilson (2)	Bosc 2/2	4,023	Report
	2 June 2007		16		H		L	20-28		Bosc 2/4	7,555	Report
	15 June 2007		17		A		L	0-30	-	-	12,641	Report
	30 June 2007		18		H		W	24-22		Bosc 2/5	8,850	Report
	7 July 2007		19		A		L	22-30		Bosc 3/4	2,546	Report
	14 July 2007		20		H		L	20-22		Bosc 2/4	7,830	Report
	21 July 2007		21		H		L	18-34		Bosc 1/4	7,560	Report
	5 August 2007		22		A		L	22-42		Jones 3/4	4,319	Report
	11 August 2007		23		H		W	21-0		Jones 2/4, Jones 1 DG	8,655	Report
	19 August 2007		24		A		L	18-22		Jones 3/3	8,125	Report
	1 September 2007		25		H		W	38-20		Jones 7/7	7,325	Report
	9 September 2007		26		A		L	8-40		Jones 2/2	9,350	Report
	15 September 2007		27		H		W	30-14		Jones 5/5	8,420	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
1		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		W	W	W	W	W								W	W	W	W	W						W	W	W	W	W
3		SH	SH		C			C			C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C			C
4		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		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
6		SO	SO	SH	SH	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	B	B	B	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO
7						SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
8		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					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		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		SR		SR	SR	SR	B	B											B	B	B	SR	SR	C	C	C	C	C
12		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	L	SR	SR	SR							SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SO	SR
13		L	L	L	L	L	L	L							L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	SR	B
14		x	x	SO	SO	B	W	W	W	W	W	SO	SO	SO	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
15		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		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		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		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		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		B	P	P	P	B	B			B	B									B	B				B	x	B	x
21		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															B	B
23		H	H	H
24		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		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		x	x	x	x	x	x	B					H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
27		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	B	B	B								L	L	L
28		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	H												B	B	x	x	x
29		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		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

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Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV	Report
	29 March 2007		4th		H		W	70-12		Bosc 11/12	1,545	-	Report
	13 May 2007		5th		A		W	24-14		Bosc 4/4	3,008	-	Report
	10 June 2007		QF		A		W	26-23		Bosc 4/5, Bosc 1 DG, Guisset 1 DG	7,441	-	Report
	29 July 2007		SF		N		W	37-24		Jones 6/7, Jones 1 DG	10,218		Report
	25 August 2007		Final		N		L	8-30		Jones 0/2	84,241		Report

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	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
	Coach

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	SF	F
1		x	FB	FB	FB	FB
2			W	W		W
3		SO	C	C	C	C
4		C	C	C	C	SO
5		W
6		x	B	x	SO
7		SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
8		P	B	B	B	B
9		x	x	x	x	x
10		L	P	P	P	P
11		x			SR	C
12		x			SR	SR
13		x	L		L	L
14		FB	SO	SO
15		x	B	P	B	x
16		H	B	B	x	x
17		SR	SR	SR	B	SR
18		C	W	x	W	B
19		B	P	L	P	P
20		B			x	x
21		B	SR	SR	B	x
22
23
24		P	x	x	x	B
25		W	x	W	W	W
26		x		H	H	H
27		SR		B
28		B	H	B		B

Squad statistics

• Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 15 September 2007.

width=3%	No	width=47%	Player	width=15%	Position	width=1%	Age	width=17%	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Clint Greenshields	Fullback	width=10%	25	St George Illawarra Dragons	align=centre	31	align=centre	13	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	52
2	Justin Murphy	Wing	width=10%	28	Widnes Vikings	align=centre	18	align=centre	10	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	40
3	John Wilson	Centre	width=10%	29	Wests Tigers	align=centre	25	align=centre	10	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	40
4	Adam Mogg	Centre	width=10%	30	Canberra Raiders	align=centre	31	align=centre	13	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	52
5	Dimitri Pelo	Wing	width=10%	22	Unattached	align=centre	13	align=centre	4	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	16
6	Casey McGuire	Stand off	width=10%	27	Brisbane Broncos	align=centre	24	align=centre	8	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	32
7	Stacey Jones	Scrum half	width=10%	31	New Zealand Warriors	align=centre	28	align=centre	5	align=centre	28	align=centre	4	align=centre	80
8	David Ferriol	Prop	width=10%	28	Limoux Grizzlies	align=centre	28	align=centre	4	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	16
9	David Berthezène	Hooker	width=10%	26	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0
10	Jérôme Guisset	Prop	width=10%	29	Wigan Warriors	align=centre	29	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	1	align=centre	5
11	Sébastien Raguin	Second row	width=10%	28	Toulouse Olympique	align=centre	18	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	4
12	Jason Croker	Second row	width=10%	34	Canberra Raiders	align=centre	23	align=centre	7	align=centre	0	align=centre	1	align=centre	29
13	Grégory Mounis	Loose forward	width=10%	22	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	24	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0
14	Thomas Bosc	Stand off	width=10%	24	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	22	align=centre	13	align=centre	68	align=centre	1	align=centre	189
15	Mathieu Griffi	Prop	width=10%	24	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	19	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0
16	Lionel Teixido	Hooker	width=10%	28	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	19	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	4
17	Cyrille Gossard	Second row	width=10%	25	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	29	align=centre	5	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	20
18	Vincent Duport	Wing	width=10%	19	Catalans Dragons Aacdemy	align=centre	17	align=centre	7	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	28
19	Alex Chan	Prop	width=10%	32	Melbourne Storm	align=centre	31	align=centre	5	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	20
20	Adel Fellous	Prop	width=10%	29	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	13	align=centre	3	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	12
21	Julien Touxagas	Second row	width=10%	23	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	20	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	8
22	Jamal Fakir	Prop	width=10%	25	Villeneuve Leopards	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	0
23	Aaron Gorrell	Hooker	width=10%	26	St George Illawarra Dragons	align=centre	3	align=centre	0	align=centre	10	align=centre	0	align=centre	20
24	Rémi Casty	Prop	width=10%	22	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	12	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	8
25	Younes Khattabi	Wing	width=10%	23	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	15	align=centre	7	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	28
26	Luke Quigley	Hooker	width=10%	26	Newcastle Knights	align=centre	20	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	4
27	Andrew Bentley	Second row	width=10%	22	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	15	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	8
28	Kane Bentley	Hooker	width=10%	20	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	10	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	8
29	Olivier Charles	Wing	width=10%	28	Villeneuve Leopards	align=centre	2	align=centre	2	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	8
30	Cyril Stacul	Wing	width=10%	22	Catalans Dragons Academy	align=centre	2	align=centre	1	align=centre	0	align=centre	0	align=centre	4

Transfers

In

width=5%		width=30%	Name	width=30%	Position	width=20%	Signed from	width=25%	Date
	Clint Greenshields	Fullback	St George Illawarra Dragons	June 2006^[1]
	Casey McGuire	Stand off	Brisbane Broncos	June 2006^[2]
	Adam Mogg	Centre	Canberra Raiders	July 2006^[3]
	David Ferriol	Prop	Limoux Grizzlies	October 2006^[4]
	Dimitri Pelo	Wing	Unattached	October 2006
	Jason Croker	Second row	Canberra Raiders	August 2006^[5]
	Aaron Gorrell	Hooker	St George Illawarra Dragons	October 2006^[6]
	Sébastien Raguin	Second row	Toulouse Olympique	October 2006^[7]
	Luke Quigley	Hooker	Newcastle Knights	March 2007^[8]

Out

width=5%		width=30%	Name	width=30%	Position	width=20%	Club Signed	width=25%	Date
	Ian Hindmarsh	Second row	Parramatta Eels	August 2006^[9]
	Chris Beattie	Prop	Sydney Roosters	September 2006^[10]
	Julien Rinaldi	Hooker	Harlequins RL	September 2006^[11]
	Pascal Jampy	Second row	Retired	September 2006^[12]
	Renaud Guigue	Fullback	Released	September 2006^[13]
	Bruno Verges	Wing	Released	September 2006^[14]
	Frédéric Zitter	Wing	Released	September 2006
	Laurent Frayssinous	Stand off	Retired	September 2006^[15]
	Teddy Sadaoui	Centre	AS Carcassonne	November 2006
	Sean Rudder	Stand off	Retired	November 2006
	Mark Hughes	Centre	Retired	November 2006
	Aurélien Cologni	Loose forward	Crusaders RL	November 2006
	Sébastien Martins	Second row	Leigh Centurions (Loan)	November 2006
	David Berthezène	Hooker	Salford City Reds	March 2007
	Olivier Charles	Wing	Released	June 2007

Notes and References

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