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Hugo Pezet
Personal information
Born (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 (age 24)
Albi, Tarn,
Occitania,France
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92 kg)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–21 Toulouse Olympique Broncos 34 4 0 0 16
2020– Toulouse Olympique 4 2 0 0 8
Total 38 6 0 0 24
Source: [1][2]
As of 12 November 2021

Hugo Pezet (born 20 October 2000) is a French rugby league footballer who plays as a Centre or Second-row for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship.

He is a graduate of the Toulouse Olympique Academy system and signed his first professional contract for Toulouse in November 2021.[2]

Background

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Pezet was born in France and discovered rugby league in his hometown of Albi.[2]

Club career

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Early career

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Pezet played in the junior ranks at Albi before joining the academy system at AS Carcassonne.[3] He spent two years at Carcassonne before joining Toulouse in 2018.[2]

Toulouse Olympique Broncos

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Pezet made his debut playing at right centre[4] in the 50–4 defeat at Carcassonne on 1 December 2018, the first day of Toulouse's 2018/19 Elite 1 season.[5] and went on to play in 10 of Toulouse's 19 matches. In the 2019/20 season, Pezet played in 7 of 12 games[6] in a shortened season cancelled due to COVID-19. His final game of the Elite 1 season was the 18–36 loss to Villeneuve[7] before joining up with the first team for what turned out to be the final game of their aborted season.[8] Pezet resumed playing rugby when the French Elite 1 season began (behind closed doors) on 1 November 2020. He played in 17 of the 18 games in 2020/21 season,[9] before joining up with the first team once again.

Toulouse Olympique

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Pezet made his debut for the Toulouse first team on 7 March 2020, scoring a try in the Round 5, 34–14 win against Batley at Stade Ernest Wallon.[10][11] Due to COVID-19 the season was initially suspended after Round 5 and then subsequently cancelled with no more games being played.

Following the conclusion of the 2020/21 Elite 1 season in May, Pezet made three appearances for the first team in the 2021 RFL Championship coming off the bench each time. He scored a try away at Dewsbury Rams, and made further appearances at Wakefield against Sheffield Eagles and then away at Oldham.[12]

On 5 November 2021 it was announced that he had signed his first professional contract and would be part of the Toulouse Olympique squad for their first ever Super League campaign in 2022.[2] On 15 October 2023, Pezet played in Toulouse Olympique's upset loss in the Million Pound Game against the London Broncos.[13]

Club statistics

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Year Club Competition Appearances Tries Goals Drop goals Points
2018-19 Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 10 1 0 0 4
2019-20 Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 7 0 0 0 0
2020 Toulouse Olympique Championship 1 1 0 0 4
2020-21 Toulouse Olympique Broncos Elite One Championship 17 3 0 0 12
2021 Toulouse Olympique Championship 3 1 0 0 4
Club career total 38 6 0 0 24

International career

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France U19s

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Pezet was initially named in the France U19 squad for the 2018 U19s European Championships to be held in Serbia[3] however he was replaced in the squad by Jayson Goffin and took no part in the tournament.[14]

In July 2019, Pezet was named in a 35-man U19s train-on squad to play four games in New Zealand.[15] Pezet made the reduced 24 man squad and toured New Zealand where France U19s played Canterbury U20s (won 32–28);[16][17] Waikato U20s (won 28–18);[18][19] New Zealand U18s (lost 44–26);[20][21] and Auckland (lost 38–26)[22]

References

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  1. ^ "Hugo PEZET - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Premier contrat pro pour Hugo PEZET". 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Avignon, So. "France U19 : Quatre Avignonnais pour la Coupe d'Europe | Sporting Olympique Avignon XIII".
  4. ^ "Rugby - Match details - Carcassonne XIII / Toulouse Olympique Elite - 01/12/2018 - teams - Elite France XIII". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Résumé Carcassonne XIII vs Toulouse Olympique XIII 1er décembre 2018" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. ^ "Hugo PEZET - Player statistics - Elite France XIII 2019 - Games played - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Rugby - Match details - Toulouse Olympique Elite / Villeneuve/Lot - 23/02/2020 - teams - Elite France XIII". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  8. ^ "RFL and Super League joint statement on season suspension". www.rugby-league.com.
  9. ^ "Hugo PEZET - Player statistics - Elite France XIII 2020 - Games played - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Toulouse Olympique XIII v Batley Bulldogs - Rugby League". BBC Sport.
  11. ^ Jacquemard, Nicolas (7 March 2020). "Championship : Le Toulouse Olympique domine Batley et reste invaincu".
  12. ^ "Hugo PEZET - Player statistics - Kingstone Press Championship 2020 - Games played - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Championship Grand Final: Toulouse 14-18 London Broncos - Capital club back in Super League". www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ Pavlovic, Dragan. "France is coming to win – Rugbyleagueu19euro.com".
  15. ^ "Le groupe de la France U19 pour préparer la tournée en Nouvelle-Zélande". 8 July 2019.
  16. ^ League, Asia Pacific Rugby (29 September 2019). "France U19s record last minute victory over Canterbury".
  17. ^ "CANTERBURY U20 28 V 32 FRANCE U19... - Canterbury Rugby League".
  18. ^ "Waikato 20s go down to France U19s". 30 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Le XIII de France U19 remporte son deuxième match! (Tournée 2019 NZ)". 30 September 2019.
  20. ^ League, Asia Pacific Rugby (5 October 2019). "New Zealand U18s too strong for French".
  21. ^ "New Zealand Resident 18s v France U19s" – via www.youtube.com.
  22. ^ Man, 18th (6 October 2019). "France U19 tour ends in defeat".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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