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
Tom Ford (snooker player) of his career and he beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–2, closing the match with a 136 break.<ref name="2016/17"></ref> In Ford's first ranking event final he was 2–2 with Mark Selby, before his fellow Leicester player knocked in two 50 plus breaks to defeat Ford 4–2. At the English Open he beat Rory McLeod, Marco Fu and Joe Swail all by 4–2 scorelines, before losing 4–1 to John Higgins. Ford qualified for the German Masters by ousting Judd Trump 5–1 and then made a 147 in a first round 5–2 win over Peter Ebdon. He saw off Mark King 5–2, but then