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

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer. He most recently played for the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

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 AS Saint Estève, 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

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

, 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, Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...

, and toured with the France Sevens squad in New Zealand and the United States. At the start of the 2005 season,

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...

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

2008 Rugby League World Cup The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth World Cup for men’s rugby league national teams. It was held between 26 October and 22 November and was won by New Zealand, who defeated Australia 34–20 in the final in one of the greatest ...

. 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