| Birth name | George Joseph Catchpole | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 January 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norwich, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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George Joseph Catchpole (born 22 January 1994)[2] is an English retired professional rugby union player. During his career he played 17 times for Leicester Tigers between 2013 and 2018, as well as appearing for Nottingham and Doncaster.
Catchpole was born in Norwich, and made his senior debut for Leicester as a 19-year-old in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Ospreys.[3] In 2014-15 he was voted as Players' Young Player of the season at Leicester but injury and illness curtailed his career forcing him to retire at only 24.[4]
References
- 1 2 "George Catchpole". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "George Catchpole". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Leicester Tigers team news for LV= Cup opener". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "George Catchpole: Leicester centre retires from rugby union". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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