Paul Gustard (born 2 February 1976) is a former rugby union footballer who played for Leicester Tigers,[1] London Irish and Saracens at flanker.
He was captain of rugby and educated at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle and is the son of former Gosforth favourite Steve Gustard, who was the club's leading try scorer for several seasons in the late 1970s.
Gustard went on to make 97 competitive appearances for the Tigers, including being a used replacement in the Heineken Cup final versus Stade Français,[2] and being part of the squad where they won four Premiership titles in his five years at the club.
He left in 2002 to join London Irish,[3] and went on to make 98 appearances in four years for the Exiles, including a spell as the first-team captain before he moved in 2006 to join London rivals Saracens, where he was part of a squad that were two of the club's most successful years competing in four semi finals in six competitions, including the last-minute loss to Munster in the semi-final of the Heineken Cup in 2008 under head coach Alan Gaffney.
Following Jones's departure from the club, Saracens appointed as Director of Rugby the former Springbok centre Brendan Venter, who made Gustard his defence and forwards coach.