George Chuter

George Scala Chuter (born 9 July 1976) is an English rugby union ex player who played at Hooker for Leicester Tigers.

Biography

Chuter was born in Greenwich. He first started playing as a 12-year-old, when he went to Trinity School of John Whitgift in the London Borough of Croydon.<ref name=england>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He quickly established himself at hooker. He went on to play his club rugby for Old Mid-Whitgiftians and gained representative honours for the London Division U18 side.Template:Cn

Club career

Chuter was invited to trial for Saracens F.C. at the age of 19, where he played for five years.

Chuter took a year off and decided to travel in the U.S. and Australia;<ref name="Unhappy Chuter shocks Saracens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he was in Sydney for the 2000 Olympic Games. On returning he signed for Leicester Tigers in December 2000.<ref name="Chuter in surprise English comeback">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After the departure of Richard Cockerill in the summer of 2002, he competed with Dorian West as first choice hooker.

In the 2006–07 season, Chuter played as Leicester won the final of the Guinness Premiership<ref name="Premiership final">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Heineken Cup.<ref name="Heineken Cup final: Leicester 9-25 Wasps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Chuter started in the final of the 2008–09 Guinness Premiership, which Leicester won,<ref name="Leicester 10-9 London Irish">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 2008–09 Heineken Cup.<ref name="Leicester 16-19 Leinster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chuter started in the final of the 2009–10 Guinness Premiership, winning his third Premiership medal.<ref name="Leicester 33-27 Saracens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Chuter retired in 2014.

Chuter is currently Director of Rugby at Hinckley Rugby Club.

International career

In 1994–95 Chuter won his first cap for England Colts against Scotland and also went on that year's summer tour to Canada. In 1998 he made a try-scoring debut for England A against France A at Tours, and in the same year went on the senior England 'tour to hell' against Template:Nrut, New Zealand and Template:Nrut,<ref name="Dawson captain for England tour">Template:Cite news</ref> featuring in the uncapped match at Invercargill against New Zealand Academy.<ref name=england />

In 2003 Chuter was back in the England reckoning, and in 2004 was a member of the England A squad at the 2004 Churchill Cup in Canada.<ref name="Tigers Trio Fail Tricky Churchill Exam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was then selected for the Elite Player Squad but a second citing in October resulted in his missing the opportunity to take part in the November Tests.<ref name="Tigers pair banned">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chuter made his debut against Australia during England's 2006 Tour of Australia.<ref name="Australia 34-3 England">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the second test of the series and his second England appearance Chuter scored a try in a 43–18 defeat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sporting a full beard, he featured in the 2007 World Cup squad,<ref name="Tindall & Hodgson miss World Cup">Template:Cite news</ref> battling with Mark Regan for the role of first-choice hooker. Chuter was a used replacement in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final.<ref name="World Cup final 2007">Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• George Chuter Rugby Professional – Website Template:Webarchive
• Guinness Premiership profile
• Tigers profile
• England profile
• George Chuter photo by sportingheroes.net