George Ford (rugby union) George Ford (rugby union) George Ford (born 16 March 1993) is a rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Leicester Tigers and England. His brother Joe plays for Leicester Tigers and his younger brother Jacob is Director of Rugby at George's former school, Rishworth. Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester he is the son of former Bath Rugby head coach and former Rugby League legend Mike Ford. George played rugby league from 5 and as a young teenager played in the academies at both Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls. He started playing rugby union age 11 at Rishworth School and
James Ford (rugby league) James Ford (rugby league) James Ford (born 29 September 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who is the head coach of the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League 1. He previously played in the European Super League for Castleford Tigers and Widnes Vikings, and is, by preference, a but can also play at , and on the . Ford signed initially for Featherstone Rovers as a youth in 1998, before moving on to Sheffield Eagles, and then Castleford in 2008. Ford made his first-grade début whilst playing for Castleford in Super League in a 28-6 win