The French Elite Championship will start in two weeks and French Federation will launch the season on Saturday with a 9’s tournament in Avignon.

Catalans Dragons reserve team will be in Group B with Lézignan, Villeneuve, Albi and St Gaudens.

Headoachs Thomas Bosc and Benoit Albert have named their squad for this tournament.

The squad

Thomas Ambert
Arnaud Barthes
Maxime Da Costa
Jordan Flovie
Fabien Flovie
Romain Franco
William Galy
Thomas Gibert
Mickael Goudemand
Guillaume Grangeon
Joan Guasch
Matthieu Khedimi
Saloty Mendy
Alexis Meresta-Doucet
Clément Meunier
Joseph Nègre
Mathias Pala

The program

Parc Des Sports
13h00 Palau vs Avignon
13h20 Carcassonne vs Limoux
13h40 Avignon vs Toulouse
14h00 Carcassonne vs Palau
14h20 Limoux vs Toulouse
14h40 Avignon vs Carcassonne
15h00 Limoux vs Palau
15h20 Toulouse vs Carcassonne
15h40 Avignon vs Limoux
16h00 Palau vs Toulouse

Stade Annexe
13h00 Saint-Estève XIII Catalan vs Lézignan
13h20 St Gaudens vs Villeneuve
13h40 Lézignan vs Albi
14h00 St Gaudens vs Saint-Estève XIII Catalan
14h20 Villeneuve vs Albi
14h40 Lézignan vs St Gaudens
15h00 Saint-Estève XIII Catalan vs Villeneuve
15h20 Albi vs St Gaudens
15h40 Villeneuve vs Lézignan
16h00 Saint-Estève XIII Catalan vs Albi

16h40 Playoff 1 – 2^nd Group B vs 3rd Group A
17h00 Playoff  2 - 2^nd Group A vs 3rd Group B
17h20 Semi-Final (1^st Group A vs Playoff 1 winner)
17h40 Semi-Final (1^st Group B vs Playoff 2 winner)

18H30 FINAL