# 2020 Catalans Dragons season

This article details the Catalans Dragons's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

## Fixtures and results

Win Loss
* All fixtures are subject to change

### Challenge Cup

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | TV | Report |
| 22 August 2020, 14:30 | 6 | Castleford Tigers | N | John Smiths Stadium | W | 36-24 | Mead (3), Yaha, Garcia, Whitley | Maloney (6) | BBC One | |
| 18 September 2020, 18:00 | QF | Salford Red Devils | N | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 18–22 | Yaha, Maloney, Whitley | Maloney (3) | BBC One | |

### Regular season

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 1 February, 17:00 | 1 | Huddersfield Giants | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 12–32 | S. Tomkins, Yaha | Maloney (2) | 8,254 | — | Report |
| C–C | 2 | Wakefield Trinity | | | | | | | | |
| 15 February, 17:00 | 3 | Castleford Tigers | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 38–16 | Tomkins (3), Folau, Langi, Yaha | Maloney (6) | 8,886 | — | Report |
| 2 August 2020, 16:15 | 4 | St. Helens | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 6–34 | Maloney | Maloney | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 1 March, 15:00 | 5 | Hull F.C. | A | KCOM Stadium | W | 34–29 | Jullien (2), Yaha, Drinkwater, Langi, Maloney | Maloney (5) | 12,003 | — | Report |
| 7 March, 17:00 | 6 | Salford Red Devils | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 30–12 | McIlorum, Whitley (2), Yaha, Tierney | Maloney (5) | 7,904 | — | |
| C–C | 7 | Leeds Rhinos | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 August 2020, 16:15 | 8 | Castleford Tigers | N | Emerald Headingley | W | 40–14 | Davies (2), Da Costa, Folau, Garcia, J.Tomkins, Baitieri | Maloney (6) | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 8 August 2020, 16:15 | 9 | Wakefield Trinity | N | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 58–0 | Whitley (3), Langi (2), Davies (3), Bousquet, Yaha | Maloney (7), S Tomkins (2) | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| C–C | 10 | Wigan Warriors | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 September 2020, 17:00 | 12 | Wigan Warriors | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 12–28 | Yaha, Bousquet | Maloney (2) | 5,000 | Sky Sports | |
| 25 September 2020, 17:00 | 13 | Warrington Wolves | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 16–36 | Davies, Langi, Yaha | Maloney (2) | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 30 September 2020, 18:00 | 14 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Emerald Headingley | W | 34–6 | Davies (3), Yaha (2), Mourgue | Maloney (5) | 0 | Sky Sports | |
| 4 October 2020, 18:00 | 15 | Wakefield Trinity | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 40–8 | Whitley, Folau, Mead (2), Kasiano, S.Tomkins, Bousquet | Maloney (6) | 5,000 | Sky Sports | |
| 9 October 2020, 18:00 | 16 | Hull KR | H | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 34–4 | J.Tomkins (3), Garcia, Davies (2), Folau, | Maloney (5) | 5,000 | Sky Sports | |
| C–C | 17 | Warrington Wolves | | | | | | | | | |
| C–C | 18 | St Helens | | | | | | | | | |

### Play-offs

| Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | TV | Report |
| 13 November 2020, 19:45 | Eliminator play-off | Leeds Rhinos | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 26–14 | Davies, Folau, Langi, Mead | Maloney (5) | Sky Sports | |
| 20 November 2020, 19:45 | Semi Final | st Helens | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | | | | | Sky Sports | |

## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Wigan Warriors (L) | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 408 | 278 | 146.8 | 26 | 76.47 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | St Helens (C) | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 469 | 195 | 240.5 | 24 | 70.59 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 204 | 178.9 | 24 | 70.59 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 376 | 259 | 145.2 | 16 | 61.54 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 369 | 390 | 94.6 | 20 | 58.82 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 6 | Hull F.C. | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 436 | 92.9 | 18 | 52.94 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 7 | Huddersfield Giants | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 318 | 367 | 86.6 | 14 | 38.89 | |
| 8 | Castleford Tigers | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 328 | 379 | 86.5 | 12 | 37.50 | |
| 9 | Salford Red Devils | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 354 | 469 | 75.5 | 16 | 44.44 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 324 | 503 | 64.4 | 10 | 26.32 | |
| 11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 290 | 526 | 55.1 | 6 | 17.65 | |
* 1 2 3 French Covid restrictions allow spectators to attend Catalans home games with the total crowd limited to 5,000.
* ↑ After golden-point extra time
* 1 2 3 4 5 Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.
* ↑ Match postponed on original date, Due to St Helens' involvement in the WCC
* 1 2 3 Until further notice, all games will resume Behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
* 1 2 3 4 Match played behind closed doors
* ↑ Wakefield were scheduled to play St Helens, but due to Salford's game being postponed, they will now play Catalans.
* ↑ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).

## Discipline

| Rank | Player | Red Cards |
| 1 | | |
| Rank | Player | Yellow Cards |
| 1 | Benjamin Garcia | 1 |
| 1 | James Maloney | 1 |
| 1 | Sam Tomkins | 1 |

## Player statistics

| # | Player | Position | Tries | Goals | DG | Points |
| 1 | David Mead | Fullback | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Lewis Tierney | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Samisoni Langi | Centre | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Fouad Yaha | Wing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | James Maloney | Stand-off | 2 | 56 | 0 | 120 |
| 7 | Josh Drinkwater | Stand-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Rémi Casty | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael McIlorum | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sam Moa | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Matt Whitley | Second-row | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Joel Tomkins | Second-row | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Benjamin Garcia | Centre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Julian Bousquet | Prop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Mickael Simon | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tom Davies | Wing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 17 | Benjamin Julien | Second-row | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Alrix Da Costa | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Mickael Goudemand | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Lucas Albert | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Paul Séguier | Prop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | Arthur Romano | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Antoni Maria | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Jason Baitieri | Loose forward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Arthur Mourgue | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Israel Folau | Centre | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 27 | Gavin Marguerite | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sam Kasiano | Prop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 29 | Sam Tomkins | Fullback | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 30 | Jordan Dezaria | Second-row | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* As of 1 November 2020

## 2020 transfers

Gains
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Tom Davies | Wigan Warriors | 2 Years | September 2019 |
| Josh Drinkwater | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 Years | October 2019 |
| James Maloney | Penrith Panthers | 2 Years | November 2019 |
| Joel Tomkins | Hull Kingston Rovers | 2 Years | November 2019 |
| Jordan Dezaria | Toulouse Olympique | 2 Years | December 2019 |
| Gavin Marguerite | Toulouse Olympique | 2 Years | December 2019 |
Losses
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Greg Bird | Retirement | N/A | October 2019 |
| Jodie Broughton | Halifax | 1 Year | November 2019 |
| Tony Gigot | Released | N/A | November 2019 |
| Matty Smith | Released | N/A | November 2019 |
| Kenny Edwards | Huddersfield Giants | 2 Years | November 2019 |