Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:26 am  

are set to sign with us for next season.

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:42 am  

Lopini Paea, confirmed today on the official website. http://www.catalansdragons.com/fr/news07092010_1.php

Lopini Paea, confirmed today on the official website. http://www.catalansdragons.com/fr/news07092010_1.php

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:02 pm  

Tom_13, I did mention this at the end of August but it was overlooked

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:34 pm  

TR said: "Lopini is a strong and powerful front rower with good footwork. He has the potential to form a quality partnership with David Ferriol, Remi Casty, Jamal Fakir, Sebastien Martins and Michael Simon."
Does this mean that
A- JaJa will continue to play prop?
B- Gossard and Guisset are out?

Oh and will he step up to fill the void that Chan left? hope so!

[John_D]

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:19 pm  

belgianxiii wrote:

Oh and will he step up to fill the void that Chan left? hope so!

Might be a bit much, but he's a big, mobile unit. If he does half the graft Channy did, we'll be fine. Interesting read between the lines re Guisset.

And signing Farrar surely means Bell is outta here.

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:49 pm  

More fringe NRL players

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:42 pm  

John_D wrote:

And signing Farrar surely means Bell is outta here.

he has retired from the game hasn't he?

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:53 am  

yes,Steve officially retired from the game - he,his good lady & two kids are spending a couple of months touring france and will return to aussie in november - Steve will esume his career as an electrician and his wife is a teacher - thanks & good luck to them all
his brilliant try in the corner v the Wires at the Giral (from the BS kick ?) was one of the few highlights of a low-key season for the team

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:54 am  

I wish them all the best, but I can't help thinking we didnt see the real Steve Bell at Dragons.

Re: Lopini Paea and Ben Farrar : Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:23 am  

totally agree - he had some really good performances mixed in with some ordinary stuff _ he enjoyed his time in france with the family & club & teammates etc tho' he never really felt 'accepted' by the fans,if you get my drift - he didn't feel he was appreciated which maybe a