Catalan dragons took the direction of England this Friday for a period of ten days and nine nights. The delegation will stay on site and between Newcastle, Leeds and York to prepare the Magic Weekend of this Saturday and the Cup semi-final scheduled for Hull Kr.
The club weighed the pros and cons to find out if it was better to return to Perpignan on Sunday and prepare the Cup semi-final in Brutus, or enjoy the Magic Weekend and stay in England for a week. The leaders decided at the request of the supervision, which surveyed the players upstream. “We also had the option of staying in England after the Cup, since we will be in St-Helens five days later, but the trip to Newcastle is complicated and we saw our plans” Steve McNamara replied.
Indeed, the Sang et Or delegation left Perpignan this Friday at 6:30 a.m. to reach Barcelona El Prat airport for the flight to Leeds-Bradford. Then, direction Newcastle located 2 hours by bus north of Leeds, to find the hotel, located in the city center. After a lunch engulfed in bus, players, coaches and managers arrived at 4 p.m. locally (5 p.m. in France), after almost 10 hours of transfer. A journey for a group that had not returned to England since April 13 and the trip to Huddersfield.
-President Bernard Guasch, accompanied by its president and chief executive officer Sébastien Munoz, the sports director Neil McILroy and Doctor Philippe Roques took part in the trip in the midst of the 20 players present and their supervision.
The dragons will stay in Newcastle only between the night of Friday and Saturday, before joining Leeds as of Saturday evening after the meeting against Leigh. It is precisely in Leeds that Steve McNamara will prepare the semi-final of Cup (Saturday May 10), between care, recovery and field sessions. On Thursday, the dragons will take the direction of the city of York, located 35 km. “It is a very good thing that the club allows us to prepare in the best conditions by avoiding a return trip.” retained Benjamin Garcia.
While waiting to prepare the CUP, the Catalan dragons have a start of staying against Leigh this Saturday (4 p.m.) in the St James’ Park in Newcastle.
