A chance to get back on track Sunday - though we haven't beaten the Dragons at BV since we thumped them
56 - 14 in 2014.

I don't think we have managed a League double (home and away) over Catalans before?

The bookies have us as slight favourites (-2) and the weather is due to be ok, let's hope we can get
folk down to BV to see a potentially tight game.

Think we may have done the double in weekly rounds in 2009, but then they beat us at BV in play offs

Correct! We won 30-10 at BV and 34-20 at Catalans.
As for the play off game - let's just forgot that one eh?

I was at the play off game and at the game where we easily beat you 2 years ago.The 56-14 slaughter was one of the most awful defeats for us-and for the 2 players who were sacked immediately afterwards.You are much improved -I saw the game in Perpignan-And so are we in the last few weeks. Bird is expected back on sunday and I think it will be a good and close encounter.Your left wing scorned 3 excellent chances in Perpignan so I fear him next time

I'm asking only because I'm sure there aren't many Catalan fans in England, but are you the guy I see walking round Preston?

If Greg Bird plays he alone will be worth the entrance fee, best player in Europe, a Rugby God.

This is a HUGE game.
Bottom half of the table at home is a must win, especially having beaten them so convincingly in Perpignan.
But, more importantly, it will set the tone for the next few games, all of which are against "easier" opposition.
With Catalan, Leigh, Widnes, Hudds all coming up, we have to win at least 3 games, maybe all 4, if we are to finish in the top 8. May will be the most important month of the season for us.

Come on Trin !

Agree with you Wrencat. Need to aim for all 4 to keep pressure on Saints & Wire.

Agreed. We may end up with 3 out of 4 or 2 out of 4 but we are capable of 4 out of 4 and should be all guns for that.

I think 2 from 4 will see us in the middle 8's.
Although Wire and Saints have both underperformed this season so far but, they wont be in the bottom 4 and if you take those 2 clubs out of the equation Wakefield (and Catalan) are right in the mix.
Sunday's game is massive.
Salford's bubble may burst and they could end up in the scrap but, the battle to avoid the middle 8's is on now, whether we like it or not.

Sunday's game is even more important if you consider it is also Saints v Leigh. Should we lose then either Saints will overtake us or Leigh will be right on our tail. This Sunday is a must win for me.

A coincidence here and proves we live in a small world.

I have, in the past few weeks started a new job, and I look after the overseas ledgers.

One of my colleagues lives in Barcelona, and hes a Barcelona fan. He asked me who I support, which is Barnsley, though my passions arent as high with the sport. I said my live his RL and he loves it too. Hes a Catalans fan and goes over to Perpignan for the home games.

Team news in;

19 man squad;

Tinirau Arona
Joe Arundel
Matty Ashurst
James Batchelor
Mason Caton-Brown
Anthony England
David Fifita
Liam Finn
Ashley Gibson
Scott Grix
Dean Hadley
Keegan Hirst
Craig Huby
Tom Johnstone
Ben Jones-Bishop
Danny Kirmond
Jacob Miller
Sam Williams
Kyle Wood

I think Les Catalans are unchanged from the side heavily beaten by Wigan last week.

Ref: Phil Bentham.

Looking at the two squads i'm expecting us to win relatively comfortably, they are missing a lot of quality and we are not far from full strength. We are at home, have had an extra days rest and they have the travelling issue. Wakey by 20.

Huddersfield are only 2 points behind us, having played one game more. Getting very tight now, got to get some more wins under our belt.

Exactly, that loss last week, while not being critical, has dragged us right into the dogfight for the middle 8s again. If Saints and Wire win they can both leapfrog us should we not beat Catalans, it would also put Catalans 3 points ahead of us. Should we lose and Leigh and Widnes win, we would only be three points above the bottom of the table.

A win against Catalans would push us back up the table and we'd still be in touching distance of the top 4 with a little bit of breathing room beneath us

No so sure about that, Bird is back and the rest of their Pack look strong and now that Gigot is back they have a good spin of Gigot, Walsh, Myler, Bird, aITON. Inu also seems to always cause us issues.

I think it will be a tough game and if anything I would make them slight favourites.

No Bird or Inu.

[iLaurent Frayssinous has made two changes to his squad, Greg Bird and Krisnan Inu returning from injury and replacing Ugo Perez and Alrix Da Costa.[/i

Greg Bird wasn't named initially but has since been named in the squad.

Oh. That's not friendly.

Thats a cheap shot, getting my hopes up like that. I'll revise my prediction to Wakey by 10 then.

Think any team that got there first choice 6 7 and 9 playing can not be taken lightly,overall think as a unit we have the worst in super leage though there effort can not be faulted .

The French swines


You never know they may be back too soon and be terribly rusty. You never know!

Typical you can never trust Jonny foreigner !!!!

With the saints win and wire loss, we're now in 8th place. This is as low as we can drop this week, but we can move up to 6th place with a win on Sunday