Dragons v Quins: Teams
Catalans Dragons have suffered more injury woe ahead of their Super League basement clash with Harlequins on Saturday.
Last Updated: 14/08/10 8:07pm
Catalans Dragons have suffered more injury woe ahead of their Super League basement clash with Harlequins on Saturday.
The French outfit enjoyed picking from a near full strength squad in their Challenge Cup semi-final with Warrington last time out, but still crashed to a 54-12 defeat.
But four senior players will be absent when they host Quins in Perpignan, including experienced forward Jerome Guisset.
The 31-year-old prop suffered a knee injury in training during the week and has been ruled out of the contest as he waits further tests on the problem.
Brent Sherwin, Jamal Fakir and influential half-back Casey McGuire are also unavailable after starting in the clash against the Wolves.
Return
Harlequins welcome back second-rower Luke Williamson, who is included in place of the injured Ben Jones-Bishop, into their squad for the trip,
Head coach Brian McDermott names an otherwise unchanged squad after their 16-12 defeat to Crusaders last Friday.
Luke Dorn realises the importance of Saturday's contest with Catalans, which can see Quins lift themselves off the foot of the table with a win.
"We don't want to come last. If we get a victory on Saturday then we have every chance of lifting ourselves off the bottom of the table," he told his team's official website.
He added of the trip to France: "It's not glamorous; we're out there to do a job. We'll fly out the day before the game and train that evening, play the match on Saturday and fly back the day after."
Catalans squad: Greenshields, Bell, Raguin, Sa, Bosc, Ferriol, Elima, Mounis, Johnson, Barthau, Gossard, Carlaw, Touxagas, K. Bentley, Walker, Casty, T. Gigot, Stacul, Simon
Harlequins squad: Bolger, Clubb, Dorn, Ellis, Gale, Golden, Howell, Williamson, Krasniqi, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Melling, Mills, O'Callaghan, Orr, Purdham, Sharp, Ward, Wilkes, Bryan