George Robson (rugby union)

George Robson (born 4 November 1985) is a retired English rugby union player. His position is Lock.

This article is about the rugby player. For the racecar driver, see George Robson (racing driver).

George Robson

Birth name	George Robson
Date of birth	(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985
Place of birth	Stourbridge
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb)[1]
School	Old Swinford Hospital Bromsgrove School
University	Oxford University
Spouse	Bantika Robson
Children	Axel Robson
Occupation(s)	Businessman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 Harlequins Oyonnax London Irish 203 (55) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) England U16 England U18 England Saxons 2 vs SA Barbarians 2012

Robson was a student at Bromsgrove School and Old Swinford Hospital.

Robson played for England at both Under 16 and Under 18 level and made his first appearance for Quins in the Zurich A League during 2005. He then made his First XV debut for Harlequins on 18 February 2006, when he came off the bench in the 52–12 win against Coventry at the Stoop.

Robson spent a month at the Sharks Academy at Durban during the summer of 2005.[2]

Robson started for Harlequins in their 2011 European Challenge Cup final victory over Stade Francais.[3]

He also started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.[4]

He then toured with England to South Africa in 2012 and captained an England team to two victories over South African Barbarians Teams [5]

Robson is Harlequins most capped lock in the professional era with 203 appearances for the club.

In February 2015, it was announced that he would join Oyonnax in summer 2015.[6]

On 27 June, 2016 he signed a one-year contract with London Irish and secured promotion back to the premiership at the end of the 2016–17 season[7]

Robson then left London Irish in 2017 to pursue business opportunities and is currently working in the Sports Nutrition sector with MusclePharm.

Robson went on to win a blue for Oxford University in the 2018 Varsity Match as part of the victorious blues side, beating Cambridge University 38-16. In doing so he closed the chapter on his rugby playing career.

References

1. "Harlequins 1st XV". web page. Harlequins. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
2. "A Sharks Tale". Quinssa. 9 June 2005. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
3. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/may/20/euorpean-challlenge-cup-harlequins-stade-francais
4. "Harlequins 30-23 Leicester". BBC Sport. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
5. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jun/11/england-south-africa-george-robson
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/31415623
7. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/24/london-irish-yorkshire-carnegie-match-report

External links

• Harlequins Profile