Thomas Bosc
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Thomas BoscThomas Bosc (born August 5, 1983 in Perpignan
, Languedoc-Roussillon
, France
) is a French professional rugby league
footballer for the Catalan Dragons
of Super League
. He was the club's top points scorer in the 2007 season and has represented his country on several occasions.
After coming through the ranks at French Elite Championship side UTC (the senior squad of which was later to form the Catalan Dragons) he was part of the 2006 squad for the Perpignan-based outfit's first season in Super League. He spent most of 2006 as a fringe player, occasionally called upon to play at full-back. In 2007, with the arrival of Clint Greenshields
, he was switched to the wing and enjoyed a successful campaign, albeit one curtailed by injury. With the retirement of Stacey Jones
, Bosc was handed the opportunity to fill his considerable gap in the halves for the 2008 season, a task he has so far managed with aplomb, so much so that he has attracted the attention of France's big spending rugby union
He was named in the France training squad and ultimately to the final France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup
.
Bosc continued to represent France in the 2009 Four Nations.
Perpignan
-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...
, Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French 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...
footballer for the Catalan 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...
of Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
. He was the club's top points scorer in the 2007 season and has represented his country on several occasions.
After coming through the ranks at French Elite Championship side UTC (the senior squad of which was later to form the Catalan Dragons) he was part of the 2006 squad for the Perpignan-based outfit's first season in Super League. He spent most of 2006 as a fringe player, occasionally called upon to play at full-back. In 2007, with the arrival of Clint Greenshields
Clint Greenshields
Clint Greenshields is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Catalans Dragons of Super League, having previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League...
, he was switched to the wing and enjoyed a successful campaign, albeit one curtailed by injury. With the retirement of Stacey Jones
Stacey Jones
Stacey William Jones, ONZM is a professional rugby league footballer, who has been named amongst the greatest New Zealand has ever produced. He currently plays for the Point Chevalier Pirates in the Auckland Rugby League's Phelan Shield...
, Bosc was handed the opportunity to fill his considerable gap in the halves for the 2008 season, a task he has so far managed with aplomb, so much so that he has attracted the attention of France's big spending rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
He was named in the France training squad and ultimately to the final 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...
.
Bosc continued to represent France in the 2009 Four Nations.