Super League team unable to name full squad for Round Five clash

Castleford Tigers Craig Lingard has only been able to select a 20-man squad for this weekend’s trip to the South of France for a Super League Round 5 as the club deals with injuries.

The Tigers head for Perpignan to play Catalans Dragons who have won three of their opening four games this Super League season.

George Hill comes into the squad for the first time this season in replacement of Sylvester Namo. Elie El-Zakhem also drops out through injury.

For fans who cannot attend the game, it will be live on Sky Sports, with kick off at 5:30pm UK time, or you can buy a match pass on Super League + here.

Catalans name squad for Super League clash

Steve McNamara has named his 21-Man squad to face Castleford on Saturday, 16th March, in the Super League Round 5, kick-off at 6.30 pm CET at the Gilbert Brutus Stadium.

Suspended, Micky McIlorum won’t play this weekend. After having left the field with concussion last weekend, Alrix Da Costa and Chris Satae are also out for the Round 5.

Injured, Arthur Romano and Jayden Nikorima are not in the group to face the Tigers either.

Bayley Sironen and César Rougé are back in the squad while reserve team’s players Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet and Valentin Fernandez have been named for the first time in the Dragons’ squad.

The squad

1. Arthur MOURGUE
2. Tom DAVIES
4. Matthieu LAGUERRE
5. Fouad YAHA
7. Théo FAGES
8. Mike McMEEKEN
10. Julian BOUSQUET
11. Tariq SIMS
12. Paul SEGUIER
13. Benjamin GARCIA
15. Bayley SIRONEN
16. Romain NAVARRETE
17. César ROUGE
21. Matt IKUVALU
23. Jordan DEZARIA
24. Tom JOHNSTONE
25. Loan CASTANO
27. Jordan ABDULL
28. Franck MARIA
30. Guillermo AISPURO-BICHET
31. Valentin FERNANDEZ

Catalans agree dual registration agreement

This comes after Catalans agreed a dual registration agreement. Catalans Dragons announced a new dual-registration agreement with Toulouse for the 2024 season.

This agreement will again see Catalans players available to play for the Championship club.

Last season, 5 Catalans players played for Toulouse : Bastien Scimone (3 games), Matthieu Laguerre (8 games), Ugo Tison (2 games), Loan Castano (1 game) and Tiaki Chan (4 games).

The Championship side are set to start their season and push for promotion once again after achieving promotion in 2021 ahead of the 2022 season.

They have a strong position in the IMG rankings already and a strong season will help that.