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
George Ford (rugby union) first time since 2003. Ford was subsequently selected to embark on England's victorious 2016 summer tour of Australia, starting two of the test matches at Fly-Half. Ford missed out on the 2017 Lions tour and went to Argentina with a severely depleted England team. He was instrumental in the 0-2 test series win. Since the arrival of Eddie Jones as coach Ford has played every game at 10 and Owen Farrell has been moved to 12. Ford has played 21 games at 10 under Jones and played 10 before his arrival. With Ford at 10 England have won 28 from