Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers News
The Catalan Dragons welcome the Castleford Tigers from West Yorkshire to the southwest of France for a match up that allows delivers on excitement.
The Dragons are well known for their strong home form and whilst short, the trip to Perpignan can prove a tough one for clubs with delays and an often-big change in playing conditions.
It is also a game that sees a great bond between the away side and the travelling fans and when you couple that with the vocal home fans, and you have a great setting for a great game of rugby.
Unfortunately, the news regarding the match can often be split between local press in the 2 regions the clubs are based in, which can make it tricky to keep up to date with all the stories regarding the game, but we search a mix of local, national and international sources to bring you all of the latest news in one place.
Catalans Dragons vs Castleford Tigers Breaking News
If you are looking for the latest breaking news regarding the match, you are in the right place as we bring you all the breaking news headlines directly from sources across the globe.
If a headline is of interest to you, all you need to do is click on it to be taken to the full story at the original source.
Catalans vs Castleford Latest News Today
A news report can break at any time regarding a matchup such as this one, so to keep up with all the latest news today, all you need to do is check back to this website regularly as we update our headlines around the clock.
Stadium
The match takes place at the instantly recognisable Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan. With its great mix of huge sweeping modern stands, standing around the perimeter, top class corporate facilities and even a swimming pool at one end, the ground is unlike any others in the sport.
You can then add in the brightly coloured yellow and red seating and the vibrant nature of the home fans into the mix, and you have a ground can regularly hosting 12,000+ fans that feels likes 25,000.
The Tigers will have a small but very vocal support base in the ground as well looking to enjoy the match after a day of enjoying the French hospitality of Perpignan.
Away from the Dragons, the ground is also home to the club’s domestic team and it has hosted a number of international matches featuring the French national side and in recent times it has played home to football games for the local soccer side.
Location
The match takes place in the city of Perpignan, in the department of Pyrenes-Orientales, which is in the middle of the French traditional heartlands of the sport.
The city is the prefecture of the region and features a mix of traditional small streets lined with cafes, historic building and modern areas including large office blocks and even an international airport.
It is also just a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and as you would likely expect from the name of the club, it is in the Catalan region that crossed the nearby border in the Spain and includes the mountainous country of Andorra and the Balearic Islands.
About
This is a match up between two clubs who have very distinct styles of play, with the Tigers traditionally been designed around free flowing rugby and the Dragons game been built upon a huge forward pack.
That mix of styles often leads to incredible games, with some of the highest scoring matches coming in games between the two sides in France.
History
Dragons vs Tigers Score
If it is match day and you are not able to be there in person, it can sometimes be difficult to keep up with the score but as soon as something happens in France, we will keep you updated with.
Catalans vs Cas Tigers Teams
In the build up to match day, the squads for the game are announced well in advance and that makes it easy for fans to keep up to date with who is available for selection, who is missing from the game and the reasons for it.
Unfortunately, it can be much trickier to keep up with the actual run-on team as they don’t tend to be announced until just before kick-off.
One again though, as with all the news regarding the match, as soon as the teams are announced we will bring them to you directly on this page.
Catalan Dragons v Castleford Tigers Result
If the match has finished and you haven’t been able to keep up with the action, we will not only bring you the final match result, but we will bring you links to match reports from a number of sources.
That not only allows you to see who won the game, but you also get an understanding of how the game was one and lost, if there is any injury or suspension worries coming out of the game and just how everything unfolded during the 80 minutes of action.
