CATALANS DRAGONS head coach John Cartwright has made three changes to the squad that went down to reigning Super League champions Hull KR last Thursday.
Mickael Goudemand has been given the green light by the medical staff and could make his first appearance since returning to the club in June following a spell in Australia, where he featured for Newcastle Knights’ reserves team in the New South Wales Cup.
Romain Navarrete and Edenn Rogers-Smith are also set to return from injury. They replace Wakefield Trinity-bound Zac Lipowicz plus Lenny Marc and Tevita Satae in the squad.
Interim Hull FC head coach Andy Last has made two changes to the squad that lost at home to Castleford Tigers last Friday.
Cade Cust drops out with a shoulder injury and Lennon Clark misses the trip to Perpignan, but Tom Briscoe is back in the 21-man squad following back spasms last week. Ben Johnson also comes into the squad.
It’s Hull’s first encounter with their former coach Cartwright since his acrimonious departure from the club in April.
SQUADS
Dragons: 1 Charlie Staines, 2 Tommy Makinson, 3 Nick Cotric, 6 Toby Sexton, 7 Lewis Dodd, 9 Alrix Da Costa, 10 Julian Bousquet, 12 Ben Condon, 13 Ben Garcia, 16 Josh Allen, 17 Romain Navarrete, 19 Kruise Leeming, 21 Matthieu Laguerre, 24 Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, 26 Ugo Tison, 27 Clément Martin, 28 Léo Darrélatour, 29 Giovanni Descalzi, 30 Alexis Lis, 33 Edenn Rogers-Smith, 35 Mickael Goudemand
Ins: 17 Romain Navarrete, 33 Edenn Rogers-Smith, 35 Mickael Goudemand
Outs: 8 Tevita Satae, 20 Zac Lipowicz, 25 Lenny Marc
Hull FC: 2 Harvey Barron, 3 Davy Litten, 5 Lewis Martin, 6 Jake Arthur, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 Herman Ese’ese, 9 Amir Bourouh, 10 Harvie Hill, 11 Joe Batchelor, 15 James Bell, 16 Sam Lisone, 18 Ligi Sao, 19 Tom Briscoe, 21 Arthur Romano, 24 Logan Moy, 25 Matty Laidlaw, 26 Hugo Salabio, 29 Will Hutchinson, 32 Lloyd Kemp, 35 Ben Johnson, 39 Ethan O’Neill
Ins: 19 Tom Briscoe, 35 Ben Johnson
Outs: 14 Cade Cust, 36 Lennon Clark
Referee: Tara Jones
STATS
Hull FC’s LEWIS MARTIN has scored tries in his sides’ last three meetings with Catalans Dragons (>1-2-1).
Last ten meetings:
Hull FC 24, Catalans Dragons 20 (SLR6, 29/3/26)
Hull FC 22, Catalans Dragons 26 (SLR27, 18/9/25)
Catalans Dragons 0, Hull FC 34 (SLR13, 31/5/25)
Catalans Dragons 4, Hull FC 24 (SLR1, 14/2/25)
Hull FC 4, Catalans Dragons 24 (SLR27, 21/9/24)
Catalans Dragons 24, Hull FC 16 (SLR19, 27/7/24)
Catalans Dragons 26, Hull FC 12 (SLR4, 9/3/24)
Hull FC 18, Catalans Dragons 28 (SLR17, 1/7/23)
Catalans Dragons 38, Hull FC 6 (SLR3, 3/3/23)
Catalans Dragons 36, Hull FC 8 (SLR15, 11/6/22)
Super League summary
Catalans Dragons won 23
Hull FC won 23 (includes win in 2013 play-offs)
2 draws
Catalans Dragons highest score: 44-14 (H, 2012) (Widest margin: 38-6, H, 2023)
Hull FC highest score: 50-10 (A, 2019) (Widest margin: 44-0, H, S8, 2016)