2020 Catalans Dragons season
2020 Catalans Dragons season | ||||
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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 | ||||
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 |
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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
Play-offs
Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | TV | Report |
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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 | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification[h] |
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
- ^ a b c French Covid restrictions allow spectators to attend Catalans home games with the total crowd limited to 5,000.
- ^ After golden-point extra time
- ^ a b c d e Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.[1]
- ^ Match postponed on original date, Due to St Helens' involvement in the WCC
- ^ a b c Until further notice, all games will resume Behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- ^ a b c d Match played behind closed doors
- ^ Wakefield were scheduled to play St Helens, but due to Salford's game being postponed, they will now play Catalans.
- ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[2]
Discipline
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Player statistics
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- As of 1 November 2020
2020 squad
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coach
Updated: 7 November 2019 |
2020 transfers
Gains
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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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 |
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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 |
Notes
References
- ^ "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Tom Davies: Catalans Dragons sign winger from Wigan Warriors". 7 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Josh Drinkwater: Catalans re-sign former London Broncos, Leigh & Hull KR half-back". 31 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Dragons Catalans › News › 2019 › July › James Maloney will be a Dragon". Les Dragons Catalans.
- ^ "Joel Tomkins: Catalans sign ex-Hull KR and Wigan second-row on two-year deal". 20 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Dragons Catalans › News › 2019 › Dec. › Catalans sign Jordan Dezaria and Gavin Marguerite". Les Dragons Catalans.
- ^ "Greg Bird: Catalans Dragons and former Australia forward to retire at the end of 2019". 7 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Halifax sign winger Jodie Broughton". www.rugby-league.com.
- ^ "Matty Smith leaves Catalans Dragons by mutual agreement". 5 December 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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