Thomas Bosc

{{short description|France international rugby league footballer}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Thomas Bosc

|fullname =

|image = Thomas Bosc 2008.JPG

|image_size =

|position = {{rlp|SO|SH|FB|WG}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|8|5}}

|birth_place = Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France

|height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url= http://www.catalansdragons.com/equipe/|title=Catalans Dragons Equipe Saison 2015|author=|date=2015|website=Catalans Dragons site officiel|publisher= Catalans Dragons S.A.S.P.|access-date=26 June 2015}}

|club1 = {{nowrap|Catalans Dragons}}

|year1start = 2006

|year1end = 17

|appearances1 = 243

|tries1 = 59

|goals1 = 562

|fieldgoals1 = 14

|points1 = 1374

|teamA = France

|yearAstart = 2005

|yearAend = 13

|appearancesA = 27

|triesA = 6

|goalsA = 45

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 110

|retired = yes

|source = [https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Thomas-Bosc loverugbyleague][http://www.catalansdragons.com/en/fiche-9-bosc-thomas/ Catalans Dragons Profile 2014 (Super League stats only)][http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/thomas-bosc/summary.html Rugby League Project][http://www.thechallengecup.com/fixtures results/ 2014 Challenge Cup]

|updated = 29 September 2017

}}

Thomas Bosc (born 5 August 1983) is a French former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. Having spent his entire professional career with the Dragons, he is the club's all-time leading points scorer and is considered one of the finest French players to have played for the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/england-look-for-redemption-1807442.html?action=gallery&ino=2|title = England look for redemption| website=Independent.co.uk |date = 23 October 2011}}

Background

Bosc was born in Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. His father is Jean-Marie Bosc, who is a former rugby league international for France, who played the 1975 Rugby League World Championship.

Playing career

File:Thomas Bosc 2013 (1).JPG]]

After coming through the ranks at Elite One Championship side Union Treiziste Catalane (the precursor to Catalans Dragons), Bosc was part of the Dragons' inaugural Super League squad and made his Super League debut against Castleford Tigers on 26 February 2006, in what was only the club's third Super League match. 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 in 2008, Bosc was handed the opportunity to fill his considerable gap in the halves. He was a revelation in the role and went on to become a key player for the team, taking over the playmaking and goal-kicking responsibilities and setting a number of points-scoring records including becoming the first player to reach 1,000 points for the club.

He was named in the France training squad{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3949078,00.html|title=France dominated by Dragons|publisher=Sky Sports|date=7 August 2008|accessdate=2008-08-08}} and ultimately to the final France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/09/24/france-name-official-squad.aspx|title=France name official squad|publisher=RLWC2008|date=24 September 2008|accessdate=2008-10-03|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930072635/http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/09/24/france-name-official-squad.aspx|archivedate=30 September 2008}}

Bosc continued to represent France in the 2009 Four Nations and the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

In September 2017, Bosc announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.{{cite web|title=Dragons' Thomas Bosc to retire at end of season|url=http://www.rugby-league.com/article/50991/dragons-thomas-bosc-to-retire-at-end-of-season|publisher=The Rugby Football League|accessdate=10 December 2017|date=13 September 2017}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919185240/http://www.superleague.co.uk/profile.php?id=2420 Super League profile]
[http://www.ffr13.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/thomas-bosc-791x1024.jpg France profile]
[http://www.rugby-league.com/superleague/player-info/2420 SL profile]

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:Catalans Dragons players

Category:France national rugby league team players

Category:French rugby league players

Category:French people of Catalan descent

Category:Rugby league five-eighths

Category:Rugby league players from Perpignan

Category:21st-century French sportsmen