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George Catchpole

George Catchpole

Rugby player

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.

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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. [1]
    "George Catchpole". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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    "George Catchpole". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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    "Leicester Tigers team news for LV= Cup opener". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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    "George Catchpole: Leicester centre retires from rugby union". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.


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