George Worboys (born 21 March 2001) is an English

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player who plays for

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as a fly-half or fullback.

Early life

Worboys attended

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, Bath where he played rugby alongside

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. He played for Clifton Rugby,and

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from under-14s where he played alongside Max Ojomoh. He also attended the

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Career

Worboys signed a professional contract with Bath in June 2019. By the end of the year he was playing for Bath in the

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. Worboys joined

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side

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on loan in 2022. Worboys made his Bath debut in the

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league against

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on 22 October 2022, playing at fly-half. Bath won 27-14 and after six straight defeats was Bath’s first win of the

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season. Worboys successfully kicked twelve points.

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. When he scores Worboys makes a ‘T’ gesture with his arms in memory of his brother.

International career

In 2019 Worboys was called up to the

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References

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