Category: Leicester Tigers

Former England international hooker and veteran Leicester Tigers man George Chuter has retired from domestic rugby with immediate effect after spending 13 years with the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club.

The former England man has played a whopping 292 matches for the Tigers and has also played in seven Aviva Premiership playoff finals as well as in four finals of the Heineken Cup.

But the 37 year old featured only four times for the club this season, and all of those appearances have been as a substitute.

Speaking about his career, Chuter stated that to have played almost 300 games for the Tigers along with another 100 for Saracens FC as well as the 40 caps he earned at international level for England at various levels gives him great pride and he can look back with satisfaction with a lot of joy at his playing career.

He went on to add that now, he can finally get a lot of perspective on his career, how long he has been a professional, the vast number of matches he has played for his clubs as well as the number of training sessions he has been involved in.

The former Leicester Tigers mentioned that the longest time he has been on the sidelines was three weeks when he returned from the Rugby World Cup back in 2007 when he had a trimmed cartilage.

He looked certain to be leaving the Leicester Tigers at the end of the season but penned a new deal after Jimmy Stevens moved to the London Irish and club boss Richard Cockerill thanked the player for the services he has given to the club for so long with so much success.

Cockerill also wished the player the best for all his endeavors in the future and wished him success.