JOHN CARTWRIGHT has named an unchanged 21-man squad from the one that put Castleford Tigers to the sword last weekend.
Meanwhile, Bradford Bulls boss Kurt Haggerty has made two changes to the one that went down to Leigh Leopards last weekend.
Jack Ormondroyd is back in contention following his injury lay-off – with Zac Fulton and Ed Chamberlain dropping out, with the latter suffering a season ending ankle ligament injury.
SQUADS
Dragons: 1 Charlie Staines, 2 Tommy Makinson, 3 Nick Cotric, 4 Solomona Faataape, 6 Toby Sexton, 7 Lewis Dodd, 8 Chris Satae, 10 Julian Bousquet, 11 Franck Maria, 12 Ben Condon, 16 Josh Allen, 17 Romain Navarrete, 18 Harvey Wilson, 19 Kruise Leeming, 20 Zac Lipowicz, 21 Matthieu Laguerre, 24 Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet, 26 Ugo Tison, 27 Clément Martin, 28 Léo Darrélatour, 30 Alexis Lis
Bulls: 1 Caleb Aekins, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Ethan Ryan, 6 Jayden Nikorima, 8 Ryan Sutton, 9 Andy Ackers, 11 Dan Russell, 13 Joe Mellor, 14 Mitch Souter, 15 Eribe Doro, 16 Ebon Scurr, 19 Will Gardiner, 22 Luke Hooley, 23 Connor Wynne, 24 Guy Armitage, 25 Eliot Peposhi, 32 Chris Atkin, 34 Phoenix Steinwede, 38 Riley Dean, Jack Ormondroyd
Referee: Matty Lynn
STATS
Catalans are undefeated in their last four home meetings with Bradford, having won three and drawn one.
The Bulls’ last away victory against the Dragons was 36-14 at Stade Aime Giral on 10 April, 2010.
Bradford’s last win at Stade Gilbert Brutus was 30-24 on 21 March, 2009.
Catalans are undefeated in the last five meetings between the sides at the Dragons’ home since then, having won four and drawn one.
Last ten meetings:
Bradford 28, Catalans Dragons 10 (SLR2, 20/2/26)
Bradford 30, Catalans Dragons 32 (SLR19, 6/7/14)
Catalans Dragons 46, Bradford 4 (SLR14, 24/5/14)
Bradford 33, Catalans Dragons 20 (CCR5, 27/4/14)
Bradford 22, Catalans Dragons 23 (SLR24, 11/8/13)
Catalans Dragons 30, Bradford 10 (SLR8, 23/3/13)
Catalans Dragons 50, Bradford 26 (SLR27, 8/9/12)
Bradford 12, Catalans Dragons 34 (SLR1, 5/2/12)
Bradford 28, Catalans Dragons 34 (SLR20, 2/7/11)
Catalans Dragons 8, Bradford 8 (SLR12, 25/4/11)
Super League summary
Catalans Dragons won 10
Bradford won 10
1 draw
Catalans Dragons highest score: 50-26 (H, 2012) (Widest margin: 46-4, H, 2014)
Bradford highest score: 54-6 (H, 2006) (also widest margin)
ETHAN RYAN needs three tries to reach 100 for Bradford Bulls.
- (112 appearances, 2016-2019, 2026)
WAQA BLAKE needs three tries to reach 100 for his career.
– 21 for Bradford Bulls (2025-2026)
– 11 for St Helens (2024)
– 28 for Parramatta Eels (2019-2023)
– 34 for Penrith Panthers (2015-2019)
– 3 for Fiji (2017, 2022-2024)
(0 for NSW City (2015)