Jeremy Guscott
Guscott in Dubai, June 2012
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| Full name | Jeremy Clayton Guscott | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 July 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bath, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 3 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Ralph Allen School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Television pundit | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1984–2000 | Bath | 266 | (710) |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1989–1999 1989, 1993, 1997 |
England British and Irish Lions |
65 8 |
(143) |
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Correct as of 8 October 2006
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Jeremy Clayton Guscott (born 7 July 1965) is a former rugby union outside centre who played for Bath, England and the British and Irish Lions. On rare occasions, he has also appeared for England on the wing.
Guscott was born in Bath, Somerset, one of two sons born to hospital porter Henry Guscott and his wife Sue, and educated at Ralph Allen School. He played for his home city throughout his career, most of which was during the amateur era. Guscott was originally a bricklayer, briefly drove buses for Badgerline in Bath, then worked for British Gas in a public-relations role before the game turned professional. During the English off season of 1987, Guscott travelled to Australia and played for Wollongong Waratahs RFC in the Illawarra District Rugby Union competition. Later in his career he also secured work as a fashion model.
Known for his smooth running style, Guscott was often considered one of the finest ball-players of any rugby age. Former England Coach Clive Woodward called Guscott the "Prince of Centres", and rugby-writer Stephen Jones hails Guscott as part of his 'dream centre combination', along with former New Zealand All Black Frank Bunce. Marking his England debut with a hat-trick of tries in the 58–3 win over Romania in Bucharest in May 1989, Guscott received a call-up for the in progress British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, making a series-winning contribution in the second and third Tests. He travelled to New Zealand in 1993 with the Lions, playing in all three Tests; though in this particular tour the Lions lost 2 matches to 1.
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