{"id":357903,"date":"2026-01-07T23:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357903\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:22:10","slug":"catalans-dragons-confirm-pre-season-friendly-against-super-league-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357903\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalans Dragons confirm pre-season friendly against Super League side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/S4A1077.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Super League sides Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique will once again battle it out in pre-season, as both sides step up preparations for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In what will be both clubs\u2019 first and only warm-up fixture before the year gets underway, the Dragons will host Toulouse later this month, with the fixture taking place on Friday 30 January.<\/p>\n<p>The two squared off in pre-season of 2025, with Catalans emerging heavy winners that day, securing a 42-10 victory. However with the Olympians in Super League this year, the game is expected to be a lot closer.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first of four meetings between the competition\u2019s two French outfits in 2026, with the clubs paired together in the \u2018Rivals Round\u2019 fixtures. That means that they will play each other over the Easter weekend, on the weekend of Magic Weekend but at a neutral French venue, and again in Round 20.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Tomkins heads into his first full season as head coach, and with signings such as Toby Sexton, Charlie Staines and Iszac Fa\u2019asuamaleaui, they will be hoping to improve and reach the finals after missing out in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>For Toulouse, it will be a taste of what\u2019s to come in the season ahead, as they return to the top flight for the first time since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of every pre-season friendly taking place ahead of the 2026 campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-rugby-league-2026-pre-season-friendly-tracker-as-leeds-rhinos-and-st-helens-set-for-super-league-opposition-110241\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on our <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RJEg5OR1XRo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\ud83d\udc09 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c \ud83c\udd9a \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc0e \ud83d\udd35<\/p>\n<p>Rendez-vous incontournable de la pr\u00e9-saison, les Dragons Catalans et le Toulouse Olympique se retrouveront pour le traditionnel match de pr\u00e9paration \u00e0 la prochaine saison de Super League !<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wFfEod1Zmp\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/wFfEod1Zmp<\/a><br \/>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTcHQH4EYp\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/rTcHQH4EYp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/989KcwHh3d\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/989KcwHh3d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dragons Catalans (@DragonsOfficiel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DragonsOfficiel\/status\/2008919619491299472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767151574_687_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super League sides Catalans Dragons and Toulouse Olympique will once again battle it out in pre-season, as both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-357903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}