George Worboys

George Worboys (born 21 March 2001) is an English rugby union player who plays for Bath Rugby as a fly-half or fullback.

George Worboys

Date of birth	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Warwick, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb)[1]
School	Beechen Cliff School
University	University of Bath
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, fullback Youth career Clifton Rugby Chippenham RFC Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021- Bath () 2022 → Coventry (loan) () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019 England U18

Early life

Worboys attended Beechen Cliff School, Bath where he played rugby alongside Tom de Glanville. He played for Clifton Rugby,and Chippenham from under-14s where he played alongside Max Ojomoh.^[2][3][4] He also attended the University of Bath.^[5]

Career

Worboys signed a professional contract with Bath in June 2019.^[6] By the end of the year he was playing for Bath in the Premiership Rugby Shield.^[7]

Worboys joined RFU Championship side Coventry R.F.C. on loan in 2022.^[8] Worboys made his Bath debut in the Premiership Rugby league against Northampton Saints on 22 October 2022, playing at fly-half. Bath won 27-14 and after six straight defeats was Bath’s first win of the 2022-23 Premiership Rugby season. Worboys successfully kicked twelve points.^[9][10][11]

Personal life

The son of Nick and Amelia Worboys, in 2014 George’s younger brother Thomas ‘Toti’ Worboys died of leukimia aged eleven years-old, just the day after receiving the leukaemia diagnosis. George and his family have devoted time since to raise considerable money for the charities Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group. George has siblings called Barney, Eve and Hugh Thomas.^[12] When he scores Worboys makes a ‘T’ gesture with his arms in memory of his brother.^[13]

International career

In 2019 Worboys was called up to the England national under-18 rugby union team.^[14]

References

1. "George Worboys". Bath Rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
2. "Bath rugby sign former Chippenham rugby club's Archie Stanley". Wiltshire Times. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
3. Barber, Mike (26 January 2022). "GEORGE WORBOYS JOINS CLIFTON ON DUAL REGISTRATION". Cliftonrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
4. "IN THE SPOTLIGHT - GEORGE WORBOYS". Bath Rugby. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
5. "Four students and six alumni among University of Bath representation for Premiership Rugby Cup derby between Bath and Gloucester". Team Bath. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
6. Evans, Daniel (30 May 2019). "Fox, Hastings and Worboys come into Bath Rugby's senior academy". Somerset Live. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
7. "Gabriel Hamer-Webb a cut above as Bath United suffer defeat to Saracens in the Premiership Rugby Shield". Somerset Live. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
8. "Bath youngster to make Cov debut". Coventry Telegraph. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
9. Evely, John (22 October 2022). "'We defended for our lives' - Bath topple Northampton Saints for first win of the season". Somersetlive. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
10. Meagher, Gerard (22 October 2022). "Cameron Redpath helps Bath get off the mark in victory over Northampton". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
11. Thomas, Steffan (22 October 2022). "Johann van Graan era up and running as Bath claim first win of the season". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
12. Britten, Elise (10 March 2020). "How a family turned the most tragic loss into £268k for childhood cancer". Somerset Live. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
13. "My deeper why: George Worboys". Bathrugby. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
14. Evans, Daniel (11 February 2019). "The six Bath Rugby Academy players picked for England Under-18s development camp". Somerset Live. Retrieved 13 May 2023.