Quote: Builth Wells Wire "Warrington had 9 players in the world cup. Cats had 8. Casty & Simon were not in the world cup.'"
In fact the Dragons had 14 players involved in the World Cup and therefore not available for pre-season training and who were still recovering after the World Cup ended.
As well as the eight French players they also had Tierney, McIlorum, Williame, Langi, Moa and Aiton all involved for their own national teams.