This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is their 3rd season in the Super League.
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Milestones
Round 1: Dane Carlaw and Jean-Philippe Baile made their debuts for the Dragons. Round 2: Aaron Gorrell scored his 1st try for the Dragons. Round 5: Justin Murphy made his 50th appearance for the Dragons. Round 7: Dane Carlaw scored his 1st try for the Dragons. Round 9: Thomas Bosc kicked his 100th goal for the Dragons. Round 10: Thomas Bosc reached 300 points for the Dragons. CCR4: Olivier Elima and Florian Quintilla made their debuts for the Dragons. Round 14: Thomas Bosc made his 50th appearance for the Dragons. Round 17: Clint Greenshields scored his 1st hat-trick for the Dragons. Round 17: Clint Greenshields scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Dragons. Round 17: Olivier Elima scored his 1st try for the Dragons. Round 18: Clint Greenshields made his 50th appearance for the Dragons. Round 18: Thomas Bosc reached 400 points for the Dragons. Round 20: Adam Mogg made his 50th appearance for the Dragons. Round 25: Jamal Fakir made his 50th appearance for the Dragons. Round 26: Jean-Philippe Baile scored his 1st try for the Dragons. Round 26: Thomas Bosc scored his 25th try for the Dragons. EPO: Justin Murphy scored his 1st four-try haul and his 3rd hat-trick for the Dragons. EPO: Justin Murphy scored his 50th try and reached 200 points for the Dragons. ESF: John Wilson scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Dragons.
Fixtures and results LEGEND
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2008 Super League DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttReport9 February 2008 Super League XIII 1 Castleford Tigers A Wheldon Road W 21-14 Bosc, Croker, Mounis Bosc 4/4, Bosc 1 DG 7,060 Report16 February 2008 Super League XIII 2 Hull Kingston Rovers H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 20-24 Gorrell, Greenshields, Wilson Bosc 4/5 8,350 Report22 February 2008 Super League XIII 3 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 6-34 Pelo Bosc 1/1 14,083 Report2 March 2008 Super League XIII 4 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-38 Greenshields, Murphy, Raguin Bosc 3/3 9,060 Report8 March 2008 Super League XIII 5 Bradford Bulls H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 18-20 Bosc, Chan, Greenshields Bosc 3/3 7,485 Report15 March 2008 Super League XIII 6 St Helens R.F.C. H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 24-10 Pelo (2), Casty, Chan Bosc 4/5 7,828 Report21 March 2008 Super League XIII 7 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop W 24-22 Carlaw, Gorrell, Mounis, Pelo Bosc 4/4 3,854 Report24 March 2008 Super League XIII 8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 28-20 Carlaw, Chan, Ferriol, Greenshields, Stacul Bosc 4/5 8,120 Report29 March 2008 Super League XIII 9 Hull F.C. H Stade Gilbert Brutus D 28-28 Bosc, Duport, Mounis, Pelo Bosc 6/6 8,450 Report4 April 2008 Super League XIII 10 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium W 20-16 Bosc, Fakir, Ferriol Bosc 4/5 4,071 Report11 April 2008 Super League XIII 11 Wigan Warriors A JJB Stadium W 26-24 Carlaw, Greenshields, Guisset, Murphy Bosc 5/6 13,044 Report26 April 2008 Super League XIII 12 Castleford Tigers H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 38-30 Gorrell, Greenshields, Guisset, Mounis, Murphy, Pelo, Raguin Bosc 5/8 8,745 Report4 May 2008 Magic Weekend 13 Harlequins RL N Millennium Stadium W 18-16 Croker, Murphy, Touxagas Bosc 3/3 15,000 Report17 May 2008 Super League XIII 14 St Helens R.F.C. A Knowsley Road L 10-28 Greenshields, Mogg Bosc 1/2 8,550 Report24 May 2008 Super League XIII 15 Huddersfield Giants H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 48-0 Greenshields (2), Casty, Fakir, Mounis, Murphy, Pelo, Wilson Bosc 8/9 7,785 Report8 June 2008 Super League XIII 16 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 24-16 McGuire, Murphy, Raguin, Wilson Bosc 4/6 8,346 Report14 June 2008 Super League XIII 17 Wigan Warriors H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 45-38 Greenshields (3), Elima, Mogg, Raguin, Wilson Bosc 8/8, Mogg 1 DG 9,125 Report21 June 2008 Super League XIII 18 Warrington Wolves H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 52-14 Murphy (2), Bosc, Elima, Khattabi, McGuire, Mogg, Raguin, Wilson Bosc 8/10 9,040 Report1 July 2008 Super League XIII 19 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W 30-14 Khattabi (2), McGuire (2), Raguin Bosc 5/7 5,479 Report6 July 2008 Super League XIII 20 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 30-18 Elima, Fakir, Greenshields, Mounis, Murphy Bosc 5/5 11,006 Report12 July 2008 Super League XIII 21 Harlequins RL H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 32-26 Greenshields (2), Chan, Elima, McGuire Bosc 6/6 6,225 Report19 July 2008 Super League XIII 22 Leeds Rhinos H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 24-37 Elima (2), Raguin, Stacul Bosc 4/4 9,880 Report1 August 2008 Super League XIII 23 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 16-30 Duport, Khattabi, Mounis Bosc 2/3 8,074 Report9 August 2008 Super League XIII 24 Wigan Warriors H Stade Gilbert Brutus D 16-16 Gorrell, Greenshields, Wilson Bosc 2/4 9,535 Report16 August 2008 Super League XIII 25 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium W 22-20 Mogg (2), Gorrell, Murphy Bosc 3/5 12,127 Report23 August 2008 Super League XIII 26 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 32-38 Baile, Bosc, Elima, Gorrell, Raguin, Touxagas Bosc 4/6 8,320 Report7 September 2008 Super League XIII 27 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop L 24-34 Pelo (2), McGuire, Mogg Gorrell 4/5 2,447 Report
Super League Play-offs
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttReport13 September 2008 Super League XIII EPO Warrington Wolves H Stade Gilbert Brutus W 46-8 Murphy (4), Bosc, Greenshields, McGuire, Mounis, Pelo Bosc 5/9 8,442 Report20 September 2008 Super League XIII ESF Wigan Warriors H Stade Gilbert Brutus L 26-50 Pelo (2), Elima, Murphy, Wilson Bosc 3/5 9,985 Report
Player appearances Super League only FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand-offSH=Scrum halfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayer12 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 EPO ESF1 Clint Greenshields FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB2 Justin Murphy W W W W W W W W W W W W W W x W W 3 John Wilson C C C C C C SO C SO C C C C C C C C C W C C x C C C 4 Adam Mogg C C SO SO SO x SO SO SO C C C SO SO SO SO SO SO SO C SO SO SO SO SO SO 5 Dimitri Pelo W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W6 Thomas Bosc SO SO SO SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SO SO SO SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SO SO SH SH SH x SH SH 7 Casey McGuire SH SH SH B SH SH SH H H H H H H H SH SH SH H H 8 David Ferriol P P P B P P B B x B P B B B B x x x x 9 Aaron Gorrell H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H 10 Jérôme Guisset B P P P P P P P P P P B P P P B B B B P P P B B 11 Sébastien Raguin B B L SR SR SR SR SR SR C C C C SR C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C 12 Jason Croker SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR 13 Grégory Mounis B B B L B L L L B B B SR L L SR SR SR L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR x SR SR 14 Dane Carlaw L SR SR B B L L L L SR B L L L SR L L L L L L L SR L L L 15 Mathieu Griffi x B B 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 16 Olivier Elima x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B P P P P P P P P P P P17 Cyrille Gossard SR SR x B L x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 18 Vincent Duport x x x x x x C C C x x B x x B B B B B x x x B B B B x x B 19 Alex Chan P L SR P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P B x B P P 20 Kane Bentley x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 21 Andrew Bentley x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x B x x x x x x x B x x x 22 Jamal Fakir x x x x B B B B B SR SR x x B B B B P SR SR SR SR x B B SR 23 Cyril Stacul W W W C C C C W W x C x x x x x W x x x x W x x x x W x x 24 Rémi Casty B B B B B B B B B B B B x B B B B B B B B B B P x B B B 25 Younes Khattabi W x x x B W W x C C x x x W x x x W W W W x W W x C x x x 26 Jean-Philippe Baile C x B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x SR x B B 27 Florian Quintilla x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B x x x B x x x 28 Julien Touxagas x x x B x B B B B B x B B B B B B B B B L B x x
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Challenge Cup LEGEND
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DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport20 April 2008 Cup 4th Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road W 22-12 Duport (2), Mogg, Murphy Bosc 3/5 890 - Report11 May 2008 Cup 5th Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 16-46 Greenshields, Pelo, Touxagas Bosc 2/3 5,057 - Report
Player appearances Challenge Cup games only FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum halfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayer4 5 1 Clint Greenshields x FB2 Justin Murphy W W 3 John Wilson 4 Adam Mogg SO C5 Dimitri Pelo FB W6 Thomas Bosc SH SO 7 Casey McGuire x SH 8 David Ferriol P B 9 Aaron Gorrell x H 10 Jérôme Guisset P P11 Sébastien Raguin C C12 Jason Croker x SR 13 Grégory Mounis H SR14 Dane Carlaw SR L 15 Mathieu Griffi x x 16 Olivier Elima L x 17 Cyrille Gossard x x 18 Vincent Duport C x 19 Alex Chan x P20 Kane Bentley B x 21 Andrew Bentley B x 22 Jamal Fakir x B 23 Cyril Stacul W x 24 Rémi Casty B B 25 Younes Khattabi x x 26 Jean-Philippe Baile x x 27 Florian Quintilla B x 28 Julien Touxagas SR B
Squad statistics
Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and play-offs) as of 20 September 2008.
NoPlayerPositionAgePrevious clubAppsTriesGoalsDGPoints1Clint Greenshields Fullback26 St George Illawarra Dragons301800722Justin Murphy Wing29 Widnes Vikings181600643John Wilson Centre30 Wests Tigers24700284Adam Mogg Centre31 Canberra Raiders27701295Dimitri Pelo Wing23 Unattached251300526Thomas Bosc Stand off25 Catalans Dragons Academy30712312757Casey McGuire Stand off28 Brisbane Broncos20700288David Ferriol Prop29 Limoux Grizzlies1620089Aaron Gorrell Hooker27 St George Illawarra Dragons216403210Jérôme Guisset Prop30 Wigan Warriors26200811Sébastien Raguin Second row29 Toulouse Olympique318003212Jason Croker Second row35 Canberra Raiders23200813Grégory Mounis Loose forward23 Catalans Dragons Academy298003214Dane Carlaw Loose forward28 Brisbane Broncos283001215Mathieu Griffi Prop25 Catalans Dragons Academy3000016Olivier Elima Second row25 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats168003217Cyrille Gossard Second row26 Catalans Dragons Academy4000018Vincent Duport Wing20 Catalans Dragons Academy154001619Alex Chan Prop33 Melbourne Storm284001620Kane Bentley Hooker21 Catalans Dragons Academy1000021Andrew Bentley Second row23 Catalans Dragons Academy5000022Jamal Fakir Prop26 Villeneuve Leopards213001223Cyril Stacul Wing23 Catalans Dragons Academy14200824Rémi Casty Prop23 Catalans Dragons Academy28200825Younes Khattabi Wing24 Catalans Dragons Academy144001626Jean-Philippe Baile Centre21 Rugby Union6100427Florian Quintilla Second row19 Catalans Dragons Academy5000028Julien Touxagas Second row24 Catalans Dragons Academy1930012
Transfers
In NamePositionSigned fromDate Dane Carlaw Second row Brisbane Broncos July 2007 Jean-Philippe Baile Centre Rugby Union September 2007 Olivier Elima Second row Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2007
Out
NamePositionClub SignedDate Stacey Jones Scum Half Retired September 2007 Adel Fellous Prop Toulouse Olympique October 2007 Lionel Teixido Hooker Released October 2007 Luke Quigley Hooker Released October 2007 Sébastien Martins Second row Pia Donkeys November 2007
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