2007 Catalans Dragons season
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This is an article about the 2007 season of the Catalans Dragons.
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[edit] Season summary
The Catalans Dragons started the new season well with only three losses after their first eight regular season games. However since then the Dragons form dropped considerably seeing them only achieve a sole victory in the following five rounds.
On July 29, 2007, the Dragons became the first French side and first non-English side to reach the final of the Rugby League Challenge Cup after beating Wigan Warriors 37-24 in the semi final.
Catalans will contest the 2007 Challenge Cup Final with St Helens at Wembley Stadium on August 25, 2007.
[edit] 2007 season ladder
After Round 24:
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Last game | |
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| 1 |  St Helens |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 703 | 376 | +327 | 34 | SAL 32-20 W |
| 2 |  Leeds Rhinos |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 679 | 460 | +229 | 34 | HKR 34-18 W |
| 3 |  Bradford Bulls |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 712 | 516 | +196 | 281 | HUD 26-22 L |
| 4 |  Hull |
24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 530 | 495 | +35 | 26 | WAK 42-24 W |
| 5 |  Warrington Wolves |
24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 621 | 640 | -19 | 24 | CAT 22-18 W |
| 6 |  Huddersfield Giants |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 556 | 474 | +82 | 23 | BRA 26-22 W |
| 7 |  Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 550 | 606 | -56 | 23 | HUL 42-24 L |
| 8 |  Wigan Warriors |
24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 521 | 475 | +46 | 212 | HRL 16-16 D |
| 9 |  Harlequins RL |
24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 449 | 558 | -109 | 21 | WIG 16-16 D |
| 10 |  Catalans Dragons |
24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 494 | 611 | -117 | 17 | WAR 22-18 L |
| 11 |  Hull Kingston Rovers |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 400 | 653 | -253 | 16 | LEE 34-18 L |
| 12 |  Salford City Reds |
24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 417 | 778 | -361 | 13 | ST H 32-20 L |
1 Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching salary cap rules.
2 Wigan deducted 4 points for breaching salary cap rules.
[edit] Players
[edit] Transfers for 2007 (In)
| Name | Signed From | Fee | Date | |
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Adam Mogg | Canberra Raiders | N/A | 2006 |
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Jason Croker | Canberra Raiders | N/A | 2006 |
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David Ferriol | Limoux Grizzlies | N/A | 2006 |
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Sébastien Raguin | Toulouse Olympique | N/A | 2006 |
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Casey McGuire | Brisbane Broncos | N/A | 2006 |
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Clint Greenshields | St George Illawarra Dragons | N/A | 2006 |
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Aaron Gorrell | St George Illawarra Dragons | N/A | 2006 |
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Luke Quigley | Newcastle Knights | N/A | 2007 |
Losses
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| Player | Signed for | When left | ||||||||
Re-Signings
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| Player | Until the End of | |||||||||
[edit] References
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