2006 Catalans Dragons season

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 Qualification
1 St Helens (L, C) 28 24 0 4 939 430 +509 48 Semi-final
2 Hull F.C. 28 20 0 8 720 578 +142 40
3 Leeds Rhinos 28 19 0 9 869 543 +326 38 Elimination play-offs
4 Bradford Bulls 28 16 2 10 802 568 +234 32[a]
5 Salford City Reds 28 13 0 15 600 539 +61 26
6 Warrington Wolves 28 13 0 15 743 721 +22 26
7 Harlequins 28 11 1 16 556 823 −267 23
8 Wigan Warriors 28 12 0 16 644 715 −71 22[b]
9 Huddersfield Giants 28 11 0 17 609 753 −144 22
10 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 10 0 18 591 717 −126 20
11 Castleford Tigers (R) 28 9 1 18 575 968 −393 19 Relegation to National League One
12 Catalans Dragons (X) 28 8 0 20 601 894 −293 16
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; (X) Exempt from relegation[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Bradford deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches in 2005.[4][5]
  2. ^ Wigan deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches in 2005.[5][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 Wigan 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 Salford City Reds A The Willows L 0-16 - - 4,660 Report Archived 2019-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
26 February 2006 Super League XI 3 Castleford 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 Bradford Bulls H Stade Aimé Giral L 18-50 Mounis (2), Murphy Frayssinous 3/3 9,373 Report
11 March 2006 Super League XI 5 Leeds 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 Warrington 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 Salford City Reds H Stade Aimé Giral L 22-28 Hughes (2), Chan, Wilson Dobson 3/4 6,547 Report Archived 2019-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
8 April 2006 Super League XI 8 Castleford 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 Harlequins 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 St 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 Hull 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 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 6-54 Rudder Dobson 1/1 10,522 Report
6 May 2006 Super League XI 13 Warrington 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 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 Wakefield 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 Huddersfield 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 Wigan 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 Harlequins 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 Hull 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 St 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 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 16-30 Chan, Mounis, Verges Jones 2/3 10,388 Report
22 July 2006 Super League XI 22 Salford City Reds H Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié W 26-6 Murphy (2), Beattie, Jones, Rudder Jones 3/5 5,070 Report Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
4 August 2006 Super League XI 23 Wigan Warriors A JJB Stadium L 4-40 Bosc Jones 0/1 12,647 Report
13 August 2006 Super League XI 24 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 14-34 Hughes, Jones Jones 3/3 3,324 Report
19 August 2006 Super League XI 25 St Helens R.F.C. H Stade Saint-Michel W 26-22 Murphy (2), Jones, Mounis, Teixido Jones 2/4, Bosc 1/1 4,551 Report
3 September 2006 Super League XI 26 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium L 12-26 Bosc, Jones Frayssinous 2/2 10,300 Report
9 September 2006 Super League XI 27 Huddersfield Giants H Stade Aimé Giral L 12-20 Murphy, Rinaldi Frayssinous 2/2 6,463 Report
15 September 2006 Super League XI 28 Leeds 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 B FB FB x x x FB FB FB FB FB FB C FB FB FB FB
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
4 Mark Hughes W C FB C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C x
5 Bruno Verges 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
6 Laurent Frayssinous FB FB SH SH FB FB FB SO SO SO B B FB SO SO SO
7 Stacey Jones SH SH 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 B x B B H
10 Jérôme Guisset SR SR SR SR SR P P P P B SR L P P P L SR P P SR SR SR SR P P SR
11 Pascal Jampy B B SR B B SR L L B B B x
12 Ian Hindmarsh L L L L SR SR SR SR L SR L SR SR SR SR 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 B B B L L H L L L L L L L L
14 Thomas Bosc x x B FB B FB FB FB 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
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 B B B B B B B B 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 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 B B H H H H H 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

= Injured

= 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 Thornhill Trojans H Stade Jean-Laffon 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 Vikings A Halton Stadium W 34-16 Verges (2), Dobson, Frayssinous, Hughes, Murphy Dobson 5/6 3,014 - Report
3 June 2006 Cup QF St 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 SH
8 Chris Beattie P x B
9 David Berthezène x B B
10 Jérôme Guisset SR P P
11 Pascal Jampy L SR
12 Ian Hindmarsh x SR L
13 Grégory Mounis L
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

Further information: Catalans Dragons
  • 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 Catalans Dragons Academy 21 3 0 0 12
2 Justin Murphy Wing 27 Widnes Vikings 30 28 0 0 112
3 John Wilson Centre 28 Wests Tigers 28 8 0 0 32
4 Mark Hughes Centre 29 Newcastle Knights 26 11 0 0 44
5 Bruno Verges Wing 30 Catalans 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 Warriors 17 7 21 0 70
8 Chris Beattie Prop 30 Cronulla Sharks 29 4 0 0 16
9 David Berthezène Hooker 25 Catalans Dragons Academy 20 0 0 0 0
10 Jérôme Guisset Prop 28 Wigan Warriors 29 2 0 0 8
11 Pascal Jampy Second row 33 Paris St-Germain 13 0 0 0 0
12 Ian Hindmarsh Second row 29 Canberra Raiders 27 3 0 0 12
13 Grégory Mounis Loose forward 21 Catalans Dragons Academy 27 7 0 0 28
14 Thomas Bosc Stand off 23 Catalans Dragons Academy 12 6 1 0 26
15 Aurélien Cologni Loose forward 28 Catalans Dragons Academy 5 3 0 0 12
16 Sean Rudder Stand off 27 Castleford Tigers 26 7 0 0 28
17 Frédéric Zitter Wing 26 Barrow Raiders 2 2 0 0 8
18 Teddy Sadaoui Centre 23 Catalans Dragons Academy 7 0 0 0 0
19 Alex Chan Prop 31 Melbourne Storm 27 3 0 0 12
20 Adel Fellous Prop 28 Catalans Dragons Academy 29 2 0 0 8
21 Julien Touxagas Second row 22 Catalans 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 Catalans Dragons Academy 9 2 0 0 8
25 Julien Rinaldi Hooker 27 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 25 2 1 0 10
27 Lionel Teixido Hooker 27 Catalans Dragons Academy 9 3 0 0 12
28 Michael Dobson Scrum half 20 Canberra Raiders (Loan) 12 5 41 1 103
29 Younes Khattabi Wing 22 Catalans Dragons Academy 3 0 0 0 0
30 Mathieu Griffi Prop 23 Catalans Dragons Academy 7 0 0 0 0
31 Cyrille Gossard Second row 24 Catalans Dragons Academy 1 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Name Position Signed from Date
Stacey Jones Scrum half New Zealand Warriors November 2005[7]
John Wilson Centre Wests Tigers November 2005
Mark Hughes Centre Newcastle Knights November 2005
Jérôme Guisset Prop Wigan Warriors November 2005[8]
Ian Hindmarsh Second row Canberra Raiders November 2005[9]
Alex Chan Prop Melbourne Storm November 2005
Michael Dobson Scrum half Canberra Raiders (Loan) March 2006

Out

Name Position Club Signed Date
Matt Bickerstaff Second row St George Illawarra Dragons November 2005
Steve Hall Wing Retirement November 2005
Romain Gagliazzo Prop AS Carcassonne November 2005
Sébastien Martins Second row Hull 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. ^ Orlovac, Mark (10 February 2006). "Catalans banking on home success". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Bulls punished for salary breach". BBC Sport. 14 August 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  5. ^ a b "New salary cap for Super League". BBC Sport. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Wigan back in mire after penalty". BBC Sport. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  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. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. 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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