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Guscott was born in Bath , and is of Mixed Race . He played for his home city throughout his career. Most of Jeremy Guscott's career was during the amateur era, unusually in world rugby his 'day job' was that of a male model. Marking his England debut with a super hat-trick of tries in the 58-3 win over Romania in Bucharest in May 1989 , Guscott received a call-up for the British And Irish Lions Tour Of Australia , making a series-winning contribution in the second and third Tests. When Will Carling stepped down as England captain, Phil De Glanville was appointed captain. As de Glanville was guaranteed a place in the team, Carling was moved from Inside Centre to Outside Centre and Guscott was relegated to the bench. Such was Guscott's talent and form at the time that even Carling noted in his autobiography that it was an extraordinary decision. Guscott toured with the 1997 British Lions Tour To South Africa , where he scored the winning Drop Goal during the decisive second test, after unbelievable penalty kicking by Wales' Neil Jenkins , kept the British and Irish Lions in the game. He started the third and final test in this series but broke his arm and could not finish the game. His last game in England colours was against Tonga in a 1999 Rugby World Cup pool match at Twickenham Stadium , scoring a length-of-field interception try and receiving a standing ovation upon the game's conclusion. England would go on to lose to South Africa , without Guscott, in the Quarter Final. Guscott now works full time for the BBC as a pundit on their Rugby Special and 6 Nations programmes. BIBLIOGRAPHY ''At the centre - autobiography'' ISBN 1857930843 EXTERNAL LINKS |
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