Romain Navarrete

Romain Navarrete (born 30 June 1994) is a French rugby league footballer, who plays as a prop on loan for Wakefield Trinity 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 (183 cm)[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– 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)–19 → Swinton Lions 1 0 0 0 0
2020(loan) → Wakefield Trinity 0 0 0 0 0
Total 93 3 0 0 12
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016– France 3 1 0 0 4
As of 19 September 2019
Source: [3][4]

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 spent time on loan from Wigan at the Swinton Lions in the Championship and Catalans, and Wakefield Trinity in the Super League.

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.[5]

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.[6]

Wigan Warriors

On 5 October 2016, Wigan Warriors announced that they had signed Navarrette on a 2-year contract, for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[7]

In July 2017, Navarrette was loaned back to Catalans until the end of the season.[8]

He played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.[9]

Catalans loan

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

International career

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

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References
  1. Catalans Dragons profile
  2. Catalans Dragons profile
  3. Love Rugby League
  4. Rugby League Project
  5. Hemel Stags snap up French recruit Romain Navarette
  6. McGillvary prepares for Broughton threat
  7. "Romain Navarrete: Wigan Warriors sign Catalans Dragons prop". BBC Sport. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  8. "Romain Navarrete and Lewis Tierney: Wigan Warriors loan duo to Catalans Dragons". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". Guardian. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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