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Right then. Usual questions:
1) Your team? Catalans Dragons.
2) Your highlight of last season? Toss-up between les Dracs heading the table for a while, David Mead's hat trick against Trinity or nil'ing Castleford in the second half of that August tie.
3) Your expectations this season? Normally I'm a bit down with this question, but screw it - I'm expecting playoffs
4) Your most anticipated new signings? Hoping Mike McMeeken proves useful for us. Also looks like we might have signed Dean Whare from the Penrith Panthers (***edit*** we have. Replacing David Mead. Gonna need these new signings too with a family emergency taking Israel Folau home for the foreseeable future). And then there's Corentin Le Cam, more on him in a bit.
5) Who you think will win the league leaders shield? St Helens.
6) Who will be the dark horses of the competition? I'd like to see Huddersfield get their **** together.
7) Likely starting line-up? Not sure yet, but Benjamin Garcia has been named Captain to succeed Remi Casty.
8) Final league position of your club? 3rd.
9) What (or who) will be your clubs weakness next year? Travel.
10) Who promoted from Championship? Toulouse. Please please please Toulouse!
While waiting for the season to start I've been watching the Elite 1 matches from France. St Esteve (les Dracs' reserves and juniors) have been playing some good rugby. Now here's where I first saw 21 year old Corentin Le Cam play, and I did a double take the first time I saw him.
Corentin Le Cam is six foot nine tall.
*blink*
He might genuinely be too tall for the game - certainly his height would be more useful in the other code! But McNamara has been talking him up and saying that he'll be knocking on the door of the Super League squad this season. His reach has already proven tough to deal with - there was a bit of a scrap on-field during a match in December and none of the opposing players wanted to take him on
He waded in to restore calm in the end. Local French media regards him highly, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can do in Super League.
***edit***
Regarding Dean Whare. When he was first mooted as being on les Dracs' radar I was trying to recall a try that I'd seen. Then I remembered - he didn't score it, but it was a hell of an offload that led to it:
1) Your team? Catalans Dragons.
2) Your highlight of last season? Toss-up between les Dracs heading the table for a while, David Mead's hat trick against Trinity or nil'ing Castleford in the second half of that August tie.
3) Your expectations this season? Normally I'm a bit down with this question, but screw it - I'm expecting playoffs
4) Your most anticipated new signings? Hoping Mike McMeeken proves useful for us. Also looks like we might have signed Dean Whare from the Penrith Panthers (***edit*** we have. Replacing David Mead. Gonna need these new signings too with a family emergency taking Israel Folau home for the foreseeable future). And then there's Corentin Le Cam, more on him in a bit.
5) Who you think will win the league leaders shield? St Helens.
6) Who will be the dark horses of the competition? I'd like to see Huddersfield get their **** together.
7) Likely starting line-up? Not sure yet, but Benjamin Garcia has been named Captain to succeed Remi Casty.
8) Final league position of your club? 3rd.
9) What (or who) will be your clubs weakness next year? Travel.
10) Who promoted from Championship? Toulouse. Please please please Toulouse!
While waiting for the season to start I've been watching the Elite 1 matches from France. St Esteve (les Dracs' reserves and juniors) have been playing some good rugby. Now here's where I first saw 21 year old Corentin Le Cam play, and I did a double take the first time I saw him.
Corentin Le Cam is six foot nine tall.
*blink*
He might genuinely be too tall for the game - certainly his height would be more useful in the other code! But McNamara has been talking him up and saying that he'll be knocking on the door of the Super League squad this season. His reach has already proven tough to deal with - there was a bit of a scrap on-field during a match in December and none of the opposing players wanted to take him on
He waded in to restore calm in the end. Local French media regards him highly, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what he can do in Super League.***edit***
Regarding Dean Whare. When he was first mooted as being on les Dracs' radar I was trying to recall a try that I'd seen. Then I remembered - he didn't score it, but it was a hell of an offload that led to it:
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