Romain Navarrete

Romain Navarrete (born 30 June 1994) is a French rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and France at international level.

Romain Navarrete
Personal information
Born (1994-06-30) 30 June 1994
France
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Weight16 st 3 lb (103 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–13 SM Pia XIII 3 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Limoux Grizzlies 6 2 0 0 8
2014 Hemel Stags 6 1 0 0 4
2015–16 Catalans Dragons 11 0 0 0 0
2017–20 Wigan Warriors 60 0 0 0 0
2017(loan) → Swinton Lions 2 0 0 0 0
2017(loan) → Catalans Dragons 4 0 0 0 0
2018(loan) → Swinton Lions 1 0 0 0 0
2020(loan) → Wakefield Trinity 11 0 0 0 0
2021 London Broncos 11 2 0 0 8
2021–22 Toulouse Olympique 49 5 0 0 20
2023– Catalans Dragons 0 0 0 0 0
Total 164 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– France 7 1 0 0 4
Source: [3][4][5]
As of 31 December 2022

He previously played for SM Pia XIII and the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship, and the Hemel Stags in Championship 1. Navaratte played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. He has also played for the Wigan Warriors in the top flight and has spent time on loan from Wigan at the Swinton Lions in the Championship, and Catalans and Wakefield Trinity in the Super League. Navarette has also played for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship

Background

Navarrete was born in France.

Club career

Early career

Navarrete began his career at SM Pia XIII, moving to Limoux when Pia left the Elite One Championship. In 2014 he joined Hemel Stags in League 1, making 6 appearances for the club.[6]

Catalans Dragons

Navarrete joined Catalans Dragons in late 2014 and spent two seasons playing in the reserves team. He was called up to the first team squad in 2016 and made his Super League début on May 14, 2016, in the victory over Huddersfield Giants.[7]

Wigan Warriors

On 5 October 2016, Wigan Warriors announced that they had signed Navarrette on a two-year contract, for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[8]

In July 2017, Navarrette was loaned back to Catalans until the end of the season.[9]

Navarrete playing for the Wigan Warriors in 2018

He played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.[10]

Navarrete playing for the Wigan Warriors in 2019

Swinton loan

Navarette played on loan with the Swinton Lions in 2017 and 2018.

Catalans loan

Navarette spent the latter part of the 2017 season with the Catalans Dragons on loan from Wigan.

Wakefield loan

Navarette spent the 2020 season with Wakefield Trinity on loan from Wigan.

London Broncos

On 9 January 2021 it was reported that he had signed for the London Broncos.[11]

Toulouse Olympique

On 14 July 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Toulouse Olympique in the RFL Championship[12]

Catalans Dragons

In November 2022, Navarrete signed a two-year deal with Catalans starting in 2023.[13] On 14 October 2023, Navarrete played in Catalans 2023 Super League Grand Final loss against Wigan.[14]

International career

On 22 October 2016, Navarrete made his international début for France in their end of year test match against England in Avignon.

Club statistics
YearClubCompetitionAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop goalsPoints
2012-13 SM Pia XIIIElite One Championship30000
2013-14 Limoux GrizzliesElite One Championship62008
2014 Hemel StagsChampionship 161004
2014-15 Saint-Estève XIII CatalanElite One Championship1640016
2015-16 Saint-Estève XIII CatalanElite One Championship2240016
2016 Catalan DragonsSuper League110000
2017 Wigan WarriorsSuper League100000
2017 Swinton LionsChampionship20000
2017 Catalans DragonsSuper League40000
2018 Wigan WarriorsSuper League260000
2018 Swinton LionsChampionship10000
2019 Wigan WarriorsSuper League240000
2020 Wigan WarriorsSuper League00000
2020 Wakefield TrinitySuper League110000
2021 London BroncosChampionship112008
2021 Toulouse OlympiqueChampionship00000
Club career total[15][16][17] 153130052

References
  1. Catalans Dragons profile
  2. Catalans Dragons profile
  3. Love Rugby League
  4. Rugby League Project
  5. itsrugby
  6. Hemel Stags snap up French recruit Romain Navarette
  7. McGillvary prepares for Broughton threat
  8. "Romain Navarrete: Wigan Warriors sign Catalans Dragons prop". BBC Sport. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  9. "Romain Navarrete and Lewis Tierney: Wigan Warriors loan duo to Catalans Dragons". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". Guardian. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. "Romain Navarrete: Wigan Warriors prop forward leaves to join London Broncos". BBC Sport. 9 Jan 2021. Retrieved 10 Jan 2021.
  12. "Toulouse snap up Navarrette". Love Rugby League. 14 Jul 2021. Retrieved 14 Jul 2021.
  13. "France international Romain Navarrete returns to Catalans". www.loverugbyleague.com.
  14. "Wigan Warriors crowned Super League champions after downing Dragons". www.theguardian.com.
  15. Love Rugby League
  16. Rugby League Project
  17. itsrugby
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