THE new season is only four weeks old and Catalans Dragons are about to make their third away appearance already.

But the French side will probably not mind returning to the ground of arguably their best performance since putting Europe' back into Super League in 2006.

Their 2007 defeat of Wigan at The Halliwell Jones Stadium - backed by many Warrington supporters - will go down as one of the greatest Challenge Cup semi-final successes of all time.

And consequently the Perpignan-based club helped to make history by joining St Helens in the first Challenge Cup Final to be played at the new Wembley last August.

It all seems a long time ago now and that success will be far from the minds of both camps as a sharp-toothed Wolves attempt to put out the Dragons' fire this afternoon.

Today provides Wolves fans with the opportunity to get a look at how Mick Potter's men are coping wiithout their 2007 talisman Stacey Jones, who ceremoniously laid down his boots on The Halliwell Jones Stadium turf last October after ending his illustrious career with an appearance for New Zealand All Golds against Northern Union in the centenary international.

It is one win from three so far for Les Catalans but they have been competitive in all games and were unlucky to lose to a 76th-minute Stanley Gene try in their home clash with Hull Kingston Rovers a fortnight ago.

That followed their impressive 21-14 win against newly promoted Castleford Tigers on the opening weekend of the campaign, while last weekend they fell 34-6 at champions Leeds Rhinos.

Wolves have been on the road twice since their opening night success against Hull, with a last-gasp defeat at St Helens followed by the bizarre 29-28 victory against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park last Sunday.

Winning 28-0 after 25 minutes and then finding themselves in a nail-biting finish to hold on to the two points was a crazy affair, with Ashley Klein's controlling whistle having a serious role to play in that.

Hopefully today, as with all matches, both teams will be allowed to get on with their own game and the referee's impact will be minimal.

Having seen all three Wolves Super League matches so far, I do believe the team has improved with each display.

Some of the stuff produced in the opening half on Humberside at the weekend was a joy to watch and I've been particularly impressed with the form shown by the Kiwi trio Paul Rauhihi, Louis Anderson and Vinnie Anderson.

All three have been making their mark in a big way, as have half backs Michael Monaghan and Lee Briers who really are starting to gel into a formidable creative force.

And with Adrian Morley leading by example, too, and Stuart Reardon, Paul Wood and Steve Pickersgill back in the frame for today's game, all remains on course for a promising campaign.