George Robson (born 4 November 1985) is a retired

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player. His position was

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. He holds the record as Harlequins most capped lock in the professional era with 203 appearances for the club.

Career

Robson was a student at

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and

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and played for

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at both Under 16 and Under 18 level and made his first appearance for Quins in the Zurich A League during 2005. He spent a month at the Sharks Academy at

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during the summer of 2005 before going on to make his 1XV debut for Harlequins on 18 February 2006, when he came off the bench in the 52–12 win against

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at the Stoop. Robson quickly became a regular starter and was in the Harlequins team for their 2011

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final victory over

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. A year later he was once more on the winning side as Harlequins secured their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over

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. During this period he also began to gain coaching experience, first with KCS Old Boys RFC in the 2010–11 season and later in 2014–15 with Farnham RFC. After spending his entire professional career to date at Harlequins, in February 2015, it was announced that he would join

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in summer 2015. He spent just one year in

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before signing a one-year contract with

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in Summer 2016, where he helped the Exiles secured promotion back to the Premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season Robson left

in 2017 retiring from professional rugby to pursue further study and business opportunities. Robson went on to win a Blue for Oxford University in the 2018 Varsity Match as part of the victorious Blues side, beating Cambridge University 38–16. In doing so he closed the chapter on his rugby playing career.

International career

Robson gained senior international recognition that Summer when touring with

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in 2012 and captained an England XV to two victories over the a South African Barbarians South team and SA Barbarians North side.

References

External links

Harlequins Profile
1985 births Living people English rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Rugby union locks People educated at Bromsgrove School People educated at Old Swinford Hospital Rugby union players from the West Midlands (county) Oyonnax Rugby players Expatriate rugby union players in France English expatriate rugby union players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub