2020 Catalans Dragons season

2020 Catalans Dragons season
Super League Rank	4
Challenge Cup	Quarter-final (lost to Salford Red Devils 18-22)
2020 record	Wins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scored	For: 376; against: 259
Team information
CEO	Bernard Guasch
Head Coach	Steve McNamara
Captain	Rémi Casty
Stadium	Stade Gilbert Brutus Perpignan, France
Avg. attendance	6,674
Agg. attendance	40,044
High attendance	8,886
Low attendance	5,000 [a]
Top scorers
Tries	Tom Davies (12)
Goals	James Maloney (56)
Points	James Maloney (120)
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This article details the Catalans Dragons's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Fixtures and results

  Win  Loss

• All fixtures are subject to change

Challenge Cup

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	TV	Report
22 August 2020, 14:30	6	Castleford Tigers	N	John Smiths Stadium	W	36-24	Mead (3), Yaha, Garcia, Whitley	Maloney (6)	BBC One
18 September 2020, 18:00	QF	Salford Red Devils	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	18–22 [b]	Yaha, Maloney, Whitley	Maloney (3)	BBC One

Regular season

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
1 February, 17:00	1	Huddersfield Giants	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	12–32	S. Tomkins, Yaha	Maloney (2)	8,254	—	Report
C–C [c]	2	Wakefield Trinity
15 February, 17:00	3	Castleford Tigers	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	38–16	Tomkins (3), Folau, Langi, Yaha	Maloney (6)	8,886	—	Report
2 August 2020, 16:15 [d]	4	St. Helens	A	Emerald Headingley [e]	L	6–34	Maloney	Maloney	0 [f]	Sky Sports	Report
1 March, 15:00	5	Hull F.C.	A	KCOM Stadium	W	34–29	Jullien (2), Yaha, Drinkwater, Langi, Maloney	Maloney (5)	12,003	—	Report
7 March, 17:00	6	Salford Red Devils	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus		30–12	McIlorum, Whitley (2), Yaha, Tierney	Maloney (5)	7,904	—
C–C [c]	7	Leeds Rhinos
8 August 2020, 16:15	8	Castleford Tigers	N	Emerald Headingley [e]	W	40–14	Davies (2), Da Costa, Folau, Garcia, J.Tomkins, Baitieri	Maloney (6)	0 [f]	Sky Sports
8 August 2020, 16:15	9	Wakefield Trinity [g]	N	Totally Wicked Stadium [e]	58–0	Whitley (3), Langi (2), Davies (3), Bousquet, Yaha	Maloney (7), S Tomkins (2)
C–C [c]	10	Wigan Warriors
12 September 2020, 17:00	12	Wigan Warriors	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	12–28	Yaha, Bousquet	Maloney (2)	5,000 [a]	Sky Sports
25 September 2020, 17:00	13	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	16–36	Davies, Langi, Yaha	Maloney (2)	0 [f]
30 September 2020, 18:00	14	Leeds Rhinos	A	Emerald Headingley	W	34–6	Davies (3), Yaha (2), Mourgue	Maloney (5)	0 [f]	Sky Sports
4 October 2020, 18:00	15	Wakefield Trinity	H	Stade Gilbert Brutus		40–8	Whitley, Folau, Mead (2), Kasiano, S.Tomkins, Bousquet	Maloney (6)	5,000 [a]
9 October 2020, 18:00	16	Hull KR	H	34–4	J.Tomkins (3), Garcia, Davies (2), Folau,	Maloney (5)
C–C [c]	17	Warrington Wolves
C–C [c]	18	St Helens

Play-offs

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	TV	Report
13 November 2020, 19:45	Eliminator play-off	Leeds Rhinos	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	26–14	Davies, Folau, Langi, Mead	Maloney (5)	Sky Sports
20 November 2020, 19:45	Semi Final	st Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium					Sky Sports

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification [h]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	0	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	0	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59
3	Warrington Wolves [A]	17	12	0	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	0	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	0	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	0	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants [B]	18	7	0	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	0	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils [C]	18	8	0	10	354	469	75.5	16	44.44
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	0	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	0	14	290	526	55.1	6	17.65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. French Covid restrictions allow spectators to attend Catalans home games with the total crowd limited to 5,000.
2. After golden-point extra time
3. Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early. ^[1]
4. Match postponed on original date, Due to St Helens' involvement in the WCC
5. Until further notice, all games will resume Behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
6. Match played behind closed doors
7. Wakefield were scheduled to play St Helens, but due to Salford's game being postponed, they will now play Catalans.
8. Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded). ^[2]

Discipline

Red Cards Rank Player Red Cards 1

Yellow Cards Rank Player Yellow Cards 1 Benjamin Garcia 1 James Maloney Sam Tomkins

Player statistics

# Player Position Tries Goals DG Points 1 David Mead Fullback 3 0 0 12 2 Lewis Tierney Wing 1 0 0 4 3 Samisoni Langi Centre 7 0 0 28 5 Fouad Yaha Wing 9 0 0 36 6 James Maloney Stand-off 2 56 0 120 7 Josh Drinkwater Stand-off 1 0 0 4 8 Rémi Casty Prop 0 0 0 0 9 Michael McIlorum Hooker 1 0 0 4 10 Sam Moa Prop 0 0 0 0 11 Matt Whitley Second-row 6 0 0 24 12 Joel Tomkins Second-row 4 0 0 16 13 Benjamin Garcia Centre 2 0 0 8 14 Julian Bousquet Prop 3 0 0 12 15 Mickael Simon Prop 0 0 0 0 16 Tom Davies Wing 12 0 0 48 17 Benjamin Julien Second-row 2 0 0 8 18 Alrix Da Costa Hooker 1 0 0 4 19 Mickael Goudemand Second-row 0 0 0 0 20 Lucas Albert Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 21 Paul Séguier Prop 1 0 0 4 22 Arthur Romano Centre 0 0 0 0 23 Antoni Maria Prop 0 0 0 0 24 Jason Baitieri Loose forward 1 0 0 4 25 Arthur Mourgue Scrum-half 1 0 0 4 26 Israel Folau Centre 5 0 0 20 27 Gavin Marguerite Centre 0 0 0 0 28 Sam Kasiano Prop 2 0 0 8 29 Sam Tomkins Fullback 5 0 0 20 30 Jordan Dezaria Second-row 0 0 0 0

• As of 1 November 2020

2020 squad

2020 Catalans Dragons Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 David Mead – CE, FB, WG 2 Lewis Tierney – WG, FB 3 Samisoni Langi – CE, SO, LF 4 5 Fouad Yaha – WG 6 James Maloney – SO, SH 7 Josh Drinkwater – SO, SH 8 Rémi Casty (c) – PR 9 Michael McIlorum – HK 10 Sam Moa – PR 11 Matt Whitley – SR 12 Joel Tomkins – SR 13 Benjamin Garcia – CE, SR		14 Julian Bousquet – PR 15 Mickael Simon – PR 16 Tom Davies – WG 17 Benjamin Julien – SR 18 Alrix Da Costa – HK 19 Mickael Goudemand – SR 20 Lucas Albert – SH, SO 21 Paul Séguier – PR 22 Arthur Romano – CE, WG 23 Antoni Maria – PR 24 Jason Baitieri – LF 25 Arthur Mourgue – SH 26 Israel Folau – CE		27 Gavin Marguerite – CE, WG 28 Sam Kasiano – PR 29 Sam Tomkins – FB, SH, SO 30 Jordan Dezaria – PR, SR				Head coach Steve McNamara Assistant coach Thomas Bosc Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 7 November 2019 Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

2020 transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Tom Davies	Wigan Warriors	2 Years	September 2019 [6]
Josh Drinkwater	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	October 2019 [7]
James Maloney	Penrith Panthers	2 Years	November 2019 [8]
Joel Tomkins	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	November 2019 [9]
Jordan Dezaria	Toulouse Olympique	2 Years	December 2019 [10]
Gavin Marguerite	Toulouse Olympique	2 Years	December 2019

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Greg Bird	Retirement	N/A	October 2019 [11]
Jodie Broughton	Halifax	1 Year	November 2019 [12]
Tony Gigot	Released	N/A	November 2019
Matty Smith	Released	N/A	November 2019 [13]
Kenny Edwards	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	November 2019

References

1. "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
2. "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
3. "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
4. "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
5. "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Tom Davies: Catalans Dragons sign winger from Wigan Warriors". 7 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
7. "Josh Drinkwater: Catalans re-sign former London Broncos, Leigh & Hull KR half-back". 31 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
8. "Dragons Catalans › News › 2019 › July › James Maloney will be a Dragon". Les Dragons Catalans.
9. "Joel Tomkins: Catalans sign ex-Hull KR and Wigan second-row on two-year deal". 20 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
10. "Dragons Catalans › News › 2019 › Dec. › Catalans sign Jordan Dezaria and Gavin Marguerite". Les Dragons Catalans.
11. "Greg Bird: Catalans Dragons and former Australia forward to retire at the end of 2019". 7 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
12. "Halifax sign winger Jodie Broughton". www.rugby-league.com.
13. "Matty Smith leaves Catalans Dragons by mutual agreement". 5 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

1. Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams. ^[3]
2. Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture. ^[4]
3. Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013. ^[5]

External links

• Catalans Dragons official site (in French) — under construction: (in Catalan and English)
• Catalans Dragons at Superleague.co.uk
• Sang-Et-Or
• The World of Rugby League
• League Unlimited
• Catalans Dragons stats at rugbyleagueproject.com