Tony Gigot

Tony Gigot
Personal information
Born (1990-12-27) 27 December 1990
Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (13 st 3 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Centre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–11 Catalans Dragons 25 1 3 0 10
2011–12 Toulouse Olympique 9 5 0 0 20
2012 SO Avignon
2013 Cronulla Sharks 0 0 0 0 0
2014 London Broncos 2 0 4 0 8
2014–15 SO Avignon
2015– Catalans Dragons 13 11 0 0 44
Total 49 17 7 0 82
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–15 France 10 7 0 1 29
As of 28 March 2016
Source: Rugby League Project

Tony Gigot (born 27 December 1990 in Avignon, France) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Catalans Dragons and at international level for France. He previously played for London Broncos, Toulouse Olympique, Sporting Olympique Avignon and Cronulla Sharks. He is able to play in a variety of positions and is considered a utility player.

Club career

Early career

Gigot playing for Catalans Dragons in 2010

Gigot spent time in the youth team at London Broncos. He signed with Catalans Dragons in 2010 and made his Super League debut that year, playing a total of 15 games and kicking two goals. He also represented Catalans in the 2010 Challenge Cup where he played 2 games and scored 1 try.

In 2011, Gigot played 7 games throughout the season for the Catalans Dragons, kicking 1 goal. He once again represented Catalans in the 2011 Challenge Cup, where he played 1 game.

As well as playing for the Catalan Dragons, in 2011 Gigot played 9 games on loan for Toulouse Olympique in the 2011 Championship. He scored 5 tries.

After being released by Catalans, Gigot signed with the Avignon Bisons to play in the 2012-2013 Elite One Championship.

Cronulla Sharks

Gigot was given an early release by Avignon at the start of 2013 so he could travel to Australia for a chance to play in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Gigot spent pre-season training with St. George Illawarra Dragons before signing a one year deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He did not feature for the Sharks at NRL level, however.

London Broncos

In February 2014, Super League club London Broncos announced the signing of Tony Gigot for the 2014 season. He played two matches and kicked four goals before leaving the club to re-sign with Avignon.

Return to Catalans

In May 2015, the Catalans Dragons announced the resigning of Gigot. He made his second debut for the club playing as a centre in a 37-34 defeat of Featherstone Rovers in the Challenge Cup. The following week he made his Super League return for the Dragons, scoring a hat-trick in a 58-14 victory over Wigan Warriors.[2]

International career

Gigot made his first appearance for France in the 2010 European Cup, scoring one try. Tony played for France in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, 2014 European Cup and 2015 European Cup, a tournament where Tony topped the try scoring charts with 4 tries in the 3 games France played.

References

  1. "Catalans Dragons Equipe Saison 2015". Catalans Dragons site officiel. Catalans Dragons S.A.S.P. 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. "Catalans Dragons re-sign Avignon back Tony Gigot". Dailymail.co.uk. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

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