Jérôme Guisset (born 29 October 1978) is a French former professional

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footballer. He most recently played 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 ...

as or , but he retired at the end of the 2010 season, and is now the assistant coach at the club.

Playing career

He started his career with

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, then as a 16-year-old with the

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in the

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, 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

club, the

. He spent six seasons with

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, 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 Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition. Briv ...

, and toured with the

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squad in New Zealand and the United States. At the start of the 2005 season,

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were suffering from a crisis after a career-ending injury to newly signed

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. Chairman Maurice Lindsay moved to fill the gap by bringing Guisset to Wigan 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. Midway 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

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. He had been named in the France squad for the

References

External links

Super League profileJerome Guisset (image)Warrington's World Cup heroes – Jérôme Guisset
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guisset, Jerome 1978 births Living people AS Saint Estève players CA Brive players Canberra Raiders players Catalans Dragons players France international rugby sevens players France national rugby league team captains France national rugby league team players French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent French rugby league coaches French rugby league players French rugby union players Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Rugby league players from Perpignan Rugby union players from Perpignan Warrington Wolves players Wigan Warriors players