The Catalans Dragons (French: Dragons Catalans) are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, the only team in the competition from outside England. The Dragons play their home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus.

The club was formed in 2000 by a merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint Estève into Union Treiziste Catalane (UTC). They won the 2005 French Rugby League Championship and the Lord Derby Cup in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, they were granted a Super League license, taking the name Catalans Dragons. UTC continues to compete in the French Championship's Elite One Championship as a feeder club for the Dragons.

The club was founded in 2000 following the merger of two successful teams based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, in France's Languedoc-Roussillon region: XIII Catalan and close neighbours AS Saint Estève. The merged venture took the name Union Treiziste Catalane, often abbreviated to UTC.

XIII Catalan were founded in 1935, and thus were founding members of the French Championship. During their run they won eleven French Championships as well as eleven Lord Derby Cups. AS Saint Estève were founded in 1965. They won six championships and four Lord Derby Cups. There were two other clubs in the twelve-team competition in the Pyrénées-Orientales area, Pia XIII and Saint-Cyprien. In 2002 Saint-Cyprien joined the merged UTC side. UTC proved successful, winning the 2005 French Championship and the 2004 and 2005 Lord Derby Cups.

Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (born 14 January 1986 in Lewisham, London), is an English professional rugby league footballer for St Helens RLFC of Super League. An England international representative forward, he previously played for Harlequins in his home town of London.

McCarthy-Scarsbrook is a product of the Quins RL Junior Academy squad. He toured Australia with British Amateur Rugby League Association U18s in 2004.

He spent the 2005 season on loan at Hull's Senior Academy, and played a prominent role in Hull's reserve grade Grand Final winning season, before returning to Harlequins and making his Super League debut

By 2008 Harlequins coach Brian McDermott was tipping McCarthy-Scarsbrook for a place in England's World Cup squad.

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He was named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

He made his England début in the victory over Wales on 10 October 2008.