Just because the Superleague season has ended doesn't mean a break for Catalans Dragons. Our ressies are in the French domestic competition and you can keep up with their progress via this thread and the links within it. Fixtures and Results > www.catalansdragons.com/calendrier-elite/ League Table > www.catalansdragons.com/classement-elite/ EDIT : ffr13.fr/classements-elite/ All fixtures and results from Elite1.

Just because the Superleague season has ended doesn't mean a break for Catalans Dragons. Our ressies are in the French domestic competition and you can keep up with their progress via this thread and the links within it. Fixtures and Results > www.catalansdragons.com/calendrier-elite/ League Table > www.catalansdragons.com/classement-elite/ EDIT : ffr13.fr/classements-elite/ All fixtures and results from Elite1.

Results from week 1:
Lézignan 34-22 Avignon
Carcassonne 23-28 St Estève-XIII Catalan
Limoux 32-30 Villeneuve
Palau 18-38 Toulouse

Round 2 fixtures:
Avignon v Carcassonne
Villeneuve v Palau
St Estève-XIII Catalan v Limoux
Toulouse v Lézignan

I was gonna mention this, good work chaps.

19-man UTC squad for the Limoux game:

JPB, Maxime Dacosta, Benjamin Garcia, Joan Guasch, Marc Janicot, Thibaut Margalet, Antoni Maria, Hakim Miloudi, Quentin Nauroy, Joseph Nègre, Mathias Pala, Sébastien Raguin, Stanislas Robin, Jordan Salgues, Maxime Scimone, Mickael Simon, Gadwin Springer, Rémi Vignau, Daniel Yates.

nice mix of youth & experience from Stevie D against a Limoux team which should include big David Ferrriol

here is the Toulouse squad for the game aagainst Lézignan
Andrew BENTLEY / Kane BENTLEY / Clément BOYER / Damien COUTURIER / Mark KHEIRALLAH / Johnathon FORD / Jérôme GOUT / Mourad KRIOUACHE / Samy MASSELOT / Paul MARCON / Tony MAUREL / Kuni MINGA / Cyril MOLINER / Charles NIES / Sébastien PLANAS © / Florian QUINTILLA / Eloni VUNAKECE / Aaron WOOD.

and FCL
Ferret - Piquemal, Stacul, Michau, Poggi - Duggan (o), Benausse (m) - Griffi, Boudebza, Ancely - Cooper, Tisseyre(cap), Lignères
Remplaçants : Nègre, Lezina, Pulu, Carrère.

some decent players on display - interesting that former Crusader Tony Duggan is now plying his trade in the half-back line and former Toulouse playboy (look at me) Tisseyre has been made captain, strange decision which stinks of a wee bit of nepotism, or am I being a bit cynical...

Looking forward to a tight game as usual

Results:

Toulouse 18-6 Lézignan
Avignon 12-17 Carcassonne
UTC 20-24 Limoux
Villeneuve 30-12 Palau

Week 3 fixtures:
Lézignan v Villeneuve
Carcassonne v Toulouse
UTC v Avignon
Palau v Limoux

Updated standings to follow

Funky new kit for Dragons from a local company... get them in the shop please...

Standings:

Toulouse 6pts +32
Limoux 6 +6
Villeneuve 4 +16
UTC 4 +1
Carcassonne 4 0
Lézignan 4 0
Avignon 2 -17
Palau 0 -38

UTC squad:

Rachid Ahlalou, Billy Barthau, Damien Cardace, Maxime Dacosta, Bring Me The Head Of Benjamin Garcia, Joan Guasch, Marc Janicot, Thibaut Margalet, Antoni Maria, Hakim Miloudi, Joe Nègre, Séba Raguin, Stanislas Robin, Mickael Rouch, Jordan Salgues, Maxime Scimone, Gadwin Springer, Rémi Vignau, Daniel Yates.

A hefty win and we climb up to second in the fledgling league table.

UTC 56-12 Avignon

Results:
Carcassonne 18-10 Toulouse
Palau 8-48 Limoux
Lézignan 33-24 Villeneuve
UTC 56-12 Avignon (as mentioned)

Standings:
Limoux 9pts +46pd
UTC 7 +45
Toulouse 7 +24
Lézignan 7 +9
Carcassonne 7 +8
Villeneuve 5 +7
Avignon 2 -61
Palau 0 -78

Next week:
Villeneuve v Carcassonne
Palau v UTC
Toulouse v Avignon
Limoux v Lézignan (the big derby)

Very good competition this year!!

UTC squad for the weekend:

Rachid Ahlalou, Maxime Dacosta, Cyrille Gossard, David Guasch, Joan Guasch, Marc Janicot, Thibaut Margalet, Romain Mencarini, Hakim Miloudi, Quentin Nauroy, Joseph Nègre, Stanislas Robin, Mickael Rouch, Jordan Salgues, Maxime Scimone, Gadwin Springer, Rémi Vignau, Daniel Yates.

I didn't know Gossard was still with the club.

Results:
Toulouse 50-8 Avignon
Limoux 27-23 Lézignan (sounds like a bit of a thriller there)
Villeneuve 25-8 Carcassonne
Palau 38-22 UTC

Standings:
Limoux 12pts +50pd
Toulouse 10 +66
Villeneuve 8 +24
Lézignan 8 +5
UTC 7 +29
Carcassonne 7 -9
Palau 3 -62
Avignon 2 -103

Next week:
Avignon v Villeneuve
Carcassonne v Limoux
Lézignan v Palau
UTC v Toulouse

Well done to Palau... brilliant result.

They've some decent players - Julien Touxagas, perpetrator of the great Cardiff Derby Robbery, for one - so it was always going to come at some point. Hope they can build on that now.

yep, amazing result from the so-called whipping boys of the LER !

a good win and another shock at Villeneuve where the Leopards clawed to victory (geddit ?) against the mighty ASC, well done Rory and keep it going



normal service resumed for TO13 and Limoux (Ferriol & all) against a couple of clubs suffering badly from much reduced sponsorship this season in fact, I was told SOA will no longer be recruiting overseas players from next season ! don't know if it's true or not tho' - Tony Gigot currently missing on international duty and still mourning the loss of talisman & playmaker Dazzler Nicholls who returned to sunnier climes

All eyes on Les Minimes on friday where France take on the USA in an international friendly warm-up encounter

With eight players away on international duty, UTC have postponed their next two fixtures.

Marvin Filipo playing for Limoux will be good value for them.
He has played NRL games and is a self motivated trainer who keeps himself fit enough to play at an NRL level.
He has made the NSW cup rep team for the last few years and probably should have played a lot more NRL - he is good enough, just off field stuff and bad luck have prevented him.

Forgot to do a round-up yesterday...

Results:
Avignon 31-30 Villeneuve
Carcassonne 23-22 Limoux
Lézignan 30-28 Palau
UTC P-P Toulouse

So all nice, close games, which is good.

Standings:
Limoux 13pts +49pd
Lézignan 11 +7
Toulouse* 10 +66
Carcassonne 10 -8
Villeneuve 9 +23
UTC* 7 +29
Avignon 5 -102
Palau 4 -64

* = one game in hand

Next week:
Palau v Carcassonne
Lézignan P-P UTC
Limoux v Avignon
Villeneuve v Toulouse

Overlooked this by being off work and the World Cup...

Results from last weekend:
Palau 31-16 Carcassonne
Lézignan P-P UTC
Limoux 34-20 Avignon
Villeneuve 24-24 Toulouse

Standings:
Limoux 16pts +61pd
Toulouse* 12 +66
Villeneuve 11 +23
Lézignan* 11 +7
Carcassonne 10 -23
UTC** 7 +29
Palau 7 -49
Avignon 6 -114

* - one game in hand
** - two games in hand

Next week:
UTC P-P Villeneuve
Carcassonne v Lézignan
Avignon v Palau
Toulouse v Limoux

sorry John just to make a small correction, the next LER matches take place the weekend 16/17th november

already looking forward to Toulouse v Limoux which should attract a healthy crowd - in fact, all the games look to be potentially humdingers ! Great LER season so far...

Well spotted. You found the *cough* deliberate error. 5 bonus points

A quick look at Elite 2 during the hiatus. The top two from the two pools - East and West - join the 8 Elite 1 sides in the Championship play-offs and this is how they stand at the moment with four games played.

East:
Baho 12pts +142pd
Cavaillon 9 +12
Lyon-Villeurbanne 7 -2
Lescure 7 -8
Carpentras 4 -50
Montpellier 2 -94

West:
Albi 10 +92
Toulouse Broncos 9 +30
St Gaudens 9 +28
Réalmont 7 +30
Tonneins 3 -86
Villefranche 0 -94