# 2021 Catalans Dragons season

This article details the Catalans Dragons rugby league football club's 2021 season. During the season, they will compete in the Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup.

## Pre Season

| Date and Time | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 6 March, 15:00 | French Elite 1 | A | Stade Aimé Giral | W | 50–18 | Davies (2), Séguier, S.Tomkins, McMeeken, Brochon, Dezaria, Franco, Le Cam | Maloney (4), Mourgue (3) | — | —. | |
| 13 March, 15:00 | Toulouse Olympique | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 40–28 | Drinkwater, Yaya (3), Whitley, Bousquet, Goudemand | Maloney (6) | — | —. | |
* ↑ This team was made up of French players from across the Elite 1 Championship
* 1 2 Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## Super League

Win Draw Loss  Postponed/Cancelled/Expunged
* All fixtures are subject to change
| Date and Time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 27 March, 18:15 | 1 | Hull KR | N | Emerald Headingley | W | 29–28 | Yaha (2), Whitley, Laguerre, Garcia | Maloney (4), Maloney DG | —. | Sky Sports | report |
| 3 April, 14:30 | 2 | Huddersfield Giants | N | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 20-10 | Whitley, Garcia, McMeeken | Maloney (2), Tomkins | report | Sky Sports |
| 17 April, 16:45 | 3 | Salford Red Devils | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 42-6 | Garcia, Langi, Drinkwater, Yaha (3), Davies | Maloney (7) | | Sky Sports |
* ↑ After golden-point extra time
* ↑ Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Catalans Dragons (L) | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 688 | 398 | 172.9 | 38 | 82.61 | Semi-final |
| 2 | St. Helens (C) | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 548 | 229 | 239.3 | 32 | 76.19 | Semi-final |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 588 | 354 | 166.1 | 31 | 73.81 | Elimination Semi-finals |
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 25 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 387 | 385 | 100.5 | 30 | 60.00 | Elimination Semi-finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 556 | 440 | 126.4 | 26 | 54.17 | Elimination Semi-finals |
| 6 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 497 | 458 | 108.5 | 20 | 50.00 | Elimination Semi-finals |
| 7 | Castleford Tigers | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 437 | 552 | 79.2 | 22 | 47.83 | |
| 8 | Hull FC | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 409 | 476 | 85.9 | 17 | 40.48 | |
| 9 | Huddersfield Giants | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 460 | 516 | 89.1 | 18 | 37.50 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 482 | 548 | 88.0 | 18 | 37.50 | |
| 11 | Salford Red Devils | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 402 | 584 | 68.8 | 14 | 31.82 | |
| 12 | Leigh Centurions (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 356 | 870 | 40.9 | 4 | 9.09 | Relegated to the Championship |
* ↑ Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

## Player statistics

| # | Player | Position | Tries | Goals | Drop Goals | Points |
| 1 | Arthur Mourgue | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tom Davies | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Samisoni Langi | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dean Whare | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fouad Yaha | Wing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Stand-off | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Josh Drinkwater | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gil Dudson | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael McIlorum | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Julian Bousquet | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Matt Whitley | Second-row | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Mike McMeeken | Second-row | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Benjamin Garcia | Centre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Alrix Da Costa | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Benjamin Julien | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Paul Séguier | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mickael Goudemand | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Lambert Belmas | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Arthur Romano | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mathieu Laguerre | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Correntin Le Cam | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Joel Tomkins | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mathieu Cozza | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jason Baitieri | Loose forward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sam Kasiano | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Jordan Dezaria | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* As of 3 May 2021

## 2021 transfers
### Gains

| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Gil Dudson | Salford Red Devils | 2 Years | March 2020 |
| Mike McMeeken | Castleford Tigers | 3 Years | June 2020 |
| Dean Whare | Penrith Panthers | 2 Years | February 2021 |

### Losses

| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Antoni Maria | FC Lézignan | 1 Year | July 2020 |
| Sam Moa | FC Lézignan | 1 Year | November 2020 |
| Mickaël Simon | AS Carcassonne | | November 2020 |
| David Mead | Brisbane Broncos | 2 Years | November 2020 |
| Remi Casty | Released | N/A | November 2020 |
| Lucas Albert | AS Carcassonne | 1 Year | November 2020 |
| Gavin Marguerite | Villeneuve Leopards | 1 Year | December 2020 |
| Lewis Tierney | Leigh Centurions | 2 Years | December 2020 |