Harvey Cuckson

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Harvey Cuckson
Born (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 21) [1]
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) [2]
Rugby union career
Position Lock
Current team Bath
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024- Bath
2025Worcester Warriors (loan)
2025-Scarlets (loan)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2024 England U20

Harvey Cuckson (born 16 January 2004) is a professional rugby union footballer who plays as a lock for United Rugby Championship side Scarlets on loan from Bath.

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Early life

Cuckson grew up in North Wales where he played junior rugby, and was later educated from the age of 13 years-old in Shropshire, England. [3]

Club career

Cuckson was in the youth rugby pathway at Worcester Warriors prior to signing for Bath Rugby in December 2022. [4] He featured for Bath in the Premiership Rugby Cup during the 2024-25 season, making his debut in a 73-0 win against Ampthill RUFC in November 2024. [5] In May 2025, he had his contract extended by Bath. [6]

At the start of the 2025-26 season, he joined the newly-reformed Worcester Warrior team on loan to play in the RFU Championship. [7] In October 2025, he joined United Rugby Championship side Scarlets on a short-term loan. [8] [9] He made his Scarlets debut away against Lions in the United Rugby Championship just days later starting alongside fellow emergency loan signing Alex Groves in the second row, on 17 October 2025, in a 29-18 defeat. [10]

International career

Also qualified for Wales, [8] Cuckson made his England Under-18 debut in matches against France and Wales in 2022 before featuring that year in the U18 Six Nations Festival. [4] Later that year, he was included in the NextGenXV list of the leading U18 players in the world. [11]

He was included in the England U20 squad for the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship and featured in the tournament in a 48-11 win against Fiji U20, but had to pull-out through injury after dislocating his shoulder during the tournament in South Africa. [3]

References

  1. "Harvey Cuckson". Its Rugby. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. "Harvey Cuckson". All Rugby. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Young Guns - Harvey Cuckson". The Rugby Paper. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "SIGNED: Bath sign yet another exciting former Worcester talent". Rugby Ruck. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. Evely, John (6 November 2024). "Bath Rugby's young guns challenged to back up Ampthill win when Bristol Bears come to town". Somerset Live. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  6. "Emens and 14 Bath prospects extend deals". BBC Sport. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  7. Gardner, Theo (3 October 2025). "Worcester Warriors loans: Cuckson, Spandler, Summerfield". Worcester News. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Injury-hit Scarlets sign two locks on loan". BBC Sport. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  9. Raisey, Josh (15 October 2025). "URC strugglers recruit a combined 240kg of ballast from England and SA". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  10. "Scarlets remain winless as Lions celebrate URC win". BBC Sport. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  11. Moore, Andy (1 November 2022). "Fylde RFC forward Tristan Woodman named in World Under-18 squad" . Retrieved 19 October 2025.