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GEORGINA THOMAS-ROBERTS

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DMP DURHAM SHARKS SCRUM-HALF
DMP Durham Sharks’ Georgina Thomas-Roberts’ rugby career began after missing a plane which would have taken her to represent Great Britain in skeleton bobsleigh.
The scrum-half took up the winter sport while at Bath University studying natural sciences. A teammate on the bobsleigh team was a rugby coach at the uni and told Thomas-Roberts to try out the sport and she hasn’t looked back since.
The 37-year-old, who also has a masters deg...