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Yeah, this French new generation as a whole looks quite special. Aispuro-Bichet and Martin already going great for Catalans and will likely become superstars. Rostang is a special talent, I’m sure we’ll see him performing in SL soon enough. Beauvilliers looks special, and Descalzi-Ganthier and Marc are not far off their Catalans debuts. Plenty of other exciting prospects too.

Rostang and Mata’afa both played Super XIII this season, and Rostang was undoubtedly the better of the two, by a long way. I haven’t watched York play this season so can’t make a proper judgement; but from what I’ve seen of the two in the past, you’d be silly to put Mata’afa ahead. Perhaps move Mata’afa to centre which is his natural position.

Oulton failing to raise a team for their fixture with Cardiff this week and rumors that they may not complete the season. Id expect them to be gone from the Championship next season with Widnes and potentially Wakefield moving up. Cas look like the other team that could give way although I am hearing we could even go to yorkshire and Lancashire leagues next season below the Championship. It would lead to an extremley strong Yorkshire league but I fear the standard in Lancashire would be pretty poor. Around the leagues this week, London picked up a win over Salford but not as dominant as I thought it might be and Fev hammered Cas, Ive watched this one and cas are way out of their depth while Fev's pack completley dominated their opposition and they played some good rugby to go with it. Im not as convinced as I were that London will have it all their own way when these two play each other in a play off final. League 1 with 3 pretty tight games, Illingworth with a nail biting last minute win against Fryston to throw spots 3 and below wide open then Wakey only beating Leigh by 16-0. Not sure what team Wakey had out or if they still have players in from Huddersfield but Im surprised how close this one looks. The same goes for Widnes who I am convinced are the best team in this league but only managed a 13-6 win against a tough Workington team at Widnes.

The Leeds one?

Yes. He scored an excellent try, here at about 1.12 Dragons Catalans › News › 2025 › June › The Tries - Catalans Dragons vs Huddersfield He has made the official 'team of the week'. His fellow centre, young Frenchman and try-scorer, Leo Darrelatour, must have been close to being selected too. It wasn't just that they scored tries; they were enterprising when in possession, hard-working and diligent in defence, and imbued a sense of infectious enthusiasm throughout the whole team. Lovely to see.