Georgia Brock

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Georgia Brock
Date of birth (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 23) [1]
School Hartpury College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock [2]
Current team Gloucester-Hartpury
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021- Gloucester-Hartpury ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024- England 2

Georgia Brock (born 19 April 2001) is an English rugby union player who plays for Gloucester-Hartpury and the England women's national rugby union team.

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Early life

Born in Beford, she started playing rugby at the age of six years-old at Olney RFC. [3] She attended Hartpury College with whom she won the BUCS title in 2023. [4]

Career

She plays for Premiership Women's Rugby side Gloucester-Hartpury. [5] [6]

She was called up to train with the senior England side in July 2024. [7] Brock made her debut for the England women's national rugby union team against New Zealand in September 2024. [8] [9] She was subsequently named in the England squad for the 2024 WXV beginning that month in Canada. [10] [11] She made her first start for England in the first match of the tournament and scored England's third try in a 61–21 win over USA. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Georgia Brock". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Georgia Brock". TNT Sports. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Brock". Gloucestershirerugby. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hartpury make it back-to-back titles with impressive victory". The Rugby Paper. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Sansom, Tom (16 September 2024). ""Bit of dog about her" – Red Roses debutant Georgia Brock backed by Zoe Aldcroft after making her first cap against the Black Ferns". Ruck. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Hamersley, Elise. "HOW GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY'S YOUTH PATHWAY IS FUELLING THEIR THIRD TITLE BID". thepwr.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "England Red Roses: John Mitchell names eight uncapped players in training-camp squad". Sky Sports. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Scarratt to make 100th start for England". BBC Sport. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ↑ Sansom, Tom (14 September 2024). "Red Roses player ratings vs New Zealand: England impressive winners against Black Ferns". Ruck. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Campion and Brock named in England WXV squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Ainsworth, Imogen (18 September 2024). "John Mitchell names England squad to defend WXV 1 title". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  12. ↑ Telfer, Alastair (29 September 2024). "England begin WXV1 defence with nine-try win over USA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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