Jérôme Guisset
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Jérôme Guisset is a formerFrench
professional rugby league
player. He recently played for Catalans Dragons
as prop or second row, but he retired at the end of the 2010 season, and is now the assistant coach at the club.
He started his career with AS Saint Estève
, then as a 16-year-old centre with the Canberra Raiders
in the National Rugby League
, where he played five times for the first grade, before bulking up and moving up to the front row. He was part of the 1997 and 1998 French senior championship winning St Estève sides.
In 1999 Guisset played a season with Australian National Rugby League
club, the Canberra Raiders
.
He spent six seasons with the Warrington Wolves
, making 124 appearances, but he left at the end of 2004 when he was not offered a new deal. He spent some time in 2005 playing rugby union for CA Brive
, and toured with the France Sevens
squad in New Zealand and the United States.
At the start of the 2005 season, the Wigan Warriors
were suffering from a prop crisis after a career-ending injury to newly signed Luke Davico
. Chairman Maurice Lindsay moved to fill the gap by bringing Guisset to the Warriors on a two-year contract. Jerome made 25 appearances for Wigan in 2005 and was one of the most consistent performers in an injury-ravaged season.
Mid-way through 2005, Guisset had agreed a deal with new Super League outfit Catalans Dragons and, in September, the club confirmed that he would be released from the second year of his contract.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
He had been named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. He recently played for Catalans Dragons
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...
as prop or second row, but he retired at the end of the 2010 season, and is now the assistant coach at the club.
He started his career with AS Saint Estève
AS Saint Estève
AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...
, then as a 16-year-old centre with the Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
, where he played five times for the first grade, before bulking up and moving up to the front row. He was part of the 1997 and 1998 French senior championship winning St Estève sides.
In 1999 Guisset played a season with Australian National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
club, the Canberra Raiders
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
.
He spent six seasons with the Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
, making 124 appearances, but he left at the end of 2004 when he was not offered a new deal. He spent some time in 2005 playing rugby union for CA Brive
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...
, and toured with the France Sevens
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide...
squad in New Zealand and the United States.
At the start of the 2005 season, the Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
were suffering from a prop crisis after a career-ending injury to newly signed Luke Davico
Luke Davico
Luke Davico is an Australian former professional rugby league player of Italian descent. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders and the Newcastle Knights.Davico made his first-grade debut two days before his 21st birthday in round ten of the 1994 season...
. Chairman Maurice Lindsay moved to fill the gap by bringing Guisset to the Warriors on a two-year contract. Jerome made 25 appearances for Wigan in 2005 and was one of the most consistent performers in an injury-ravaged season.
Mid-way through 2005, Guisset had agreed a deal with new Super League outfit Catalans Dragons and, in September, the club confirmed that he would be released from the second year of his contract.
He has been named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.
He had been named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...
.
