Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves Preview
By Chris Lord
May 3 2006
Warrington Wolves travel to Catalan Dragons seeking revenge for the defeat at home earlier in the season.
Les Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves
Stade Amie Giral, Perpignan
Saturday 6th May 2006
Kick Off: 18:00 BST
Warrington Wolves travel to the south of France to face Perpignan based Catalan Dragons in the engage Super League round 13. This will be the second time the clubs have met so far in the Super League, and Warrington will be looking to put the record straight following the shock 26-28 home loss to the Super League newboys in round 6 back in March. Since that defeat against the Dragons, Warrington have turned there season around have defeated Bradford twice, Leeds, Castleford, Wakefield, and London Skolars in the Challange Cup, which see's the Wolves in 4th place in the table.
Catalan Dragons since the opeing day win over Wigan Warriors have found Super League tough, and have only 3 wins to show for there efforts so far, being against the Wolves, Wigan and Castleford, however they have ran Salford close on both there clashes this season.
Over 2,000 Warrington Wolves supporters are expected to make the long trip down to the south of France to see the Wolves in action. Warrington Wolves have played in France in the Super League era on 3 occasions twice against Paris St. Germain and once against London Broncos. Warrington winning on 2 occasions in Paris.
Flights are still available to be booked for any fans who are leaving it late. They can be booked through RyanAir and here are some details:
RyanAir:
London Stansted - Perpignan
Friday 5th May 2006
Depart: 14:00 BST
Arrive: 17:00 EST
Perpignan - London Stansted
Sunday 7th May 2006
Depart: 17:25 EST
Arrive: 18:25 BST
Total Price inc Taxes: £171.04 pp
Here are the Catalan Dragons and Warrington Wolves 20 man Squads for the match:
Catalan 20-man: Beattie, Berthezene, Casty, Chan, Cologni, Dobson, Fakir, Fellous, Frayssinous, Guisset, Hindmarsh, Hughes, Jampy, Murphy, Rinaldi, Rudder, Sadaoui, Touxagas, Verges, Wilson.
Warrington 20-man: Grose, Fa’afili, Martin Gleeson, Reardon, Briers, Sullivan, Leikvoll, Clarke, Hilton, Swann, Wainwright, Noone, Mark Gleeson, Westwood, Wood, Lima, Barnett, Parker, Rauhihi, Grix.
Referee: Richard Silverwood
Please note that this match is NOT on Sky Sports. The match will be featured on www.sportinglife.com and on the official Super League website at www.engagesuperleague.co.uk. Also Huddersfield v St. Helens is the Live Sky match on Saturday and there will be regular updates on there of the score in Perpignan.
Follow the Wolves in Perpignan with WIRED Rugby League.