Beck Cutting (born 4 September 1998) is an

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player. He plays for

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in the

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Early life

Cutting took up the game with Kidderminster Carolians at the age of eight before been picked up by

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at U15s level. He helped

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to win the

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in 2015 and 2016, also helping them to reach the semi-final in 2017. He was on a sport scholarship for the

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, studied in Sports Science while playing for them in the BUCS Super Rugby competition.

Club career

Cutting joined the Senior Academy in the summer of 2017. He made his first team debut against

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in the

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back in November 2017. He started against

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in the

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in November 2018. He also came off the bench in the

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match in Pau in December 2018, and the

match against

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at the start of the 2019-20 season. He has enjoyed spells with

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, Hartpury University, Birmingham Moseley and

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on dual registration arrangements. On 20 June 2020, Cutting signed his first professional contract with Worcester at

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, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2020-21 season. On 15 August 2020, he made his Premiership debut from off the bench against

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during the 2019-20 season. He scored his first try against

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a week later in the Premiership. On 4 November 2022, Cutting signed for

in the

for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

International career

Cutting has already played at three levels for England – U16, U17 and U18, where he was selected for England U18s for their tour in

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. He represented England U20s and featured for the side in their 2018 Six Nations Under 20s Championship campaign where they missed out on the title by points difference to France. He also played a role in their run to the final of the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship where he managed to get on the scoresheet in their win over Scotland U20s before France again ended as the competition winners.

References

External links

Worcester Warriors ProfileUltimate Rugby Profile
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