Julian Bousquet (born 8 July 1991) is a French professional

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footballer who plays as a for the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

in the

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and at international level for

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. He previously played in the

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for the

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Background

Bousquet was born in

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Club career

Bousquet began his career at

. He moved to

and made his debut in 2012. In early 2013 he was involved in a controversial incident during a match against

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when he knocked

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unconscious with an illegal challenge, receiving a red card and subsequently being banned for four matches. On 30 May 2015, Bousquet signed an extension to his Catalans contract. He played in the

2018 Challenge Cup Final The 2018 Challenge Cup Final was the 117th cup-deciding game of the rugby league 2018 Challenge Cup Season. It was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 25 August 2018, kick off 15:00. The final was contested by Catalans Dragons and Warrington W ...

victory over the

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. On 9 October 2021, Bousquet played for Catalans in their 2021 Super League Grand Final defeat against St. Helens.

International career

Bousquet made his début for

as a Substitute in the 46–10 victory over

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in the 2011 Autumn International Series match at

Stade Gilbert Brutus Stade Gilbert Brutus is a rugby league stadium in Perpignan, France, which is the home ground of the Catalans Dragons. History In the 1970s and 1980s, the ground was used by both rugby league and rugby union clubs in Northern Catalonia. It was ...

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

on Saturday 29 October 2011. Bousquet played in all three French matches of the

2014 European Cup The 2014 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place in England, Wales, France, Ireland and Scotland between 17 October and 2 November. It was announced beforehand that the winner of the tournamen ...

campaign. Bousquet appeared for France again in the 2015 European Cup tournament. He also played for France in their mid-tournament test-match against England. He was a part what was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents. Bousquet played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.

References

External links

Catalans Dragons profileFrance profileCatalan (sic) Dragons sign Julian Bousquet and Damien Cardace
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2017 RLWC profileSL profileSearch for "Julian Bousquet" at bbc.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bousquet, Julian 1991 births Living people Catalans Dragons players France national rugby league team players French people of Catalan descent French rugby league players Lézignan Sangliers players Rugby league props Sportspeople from Aude