Beck Cutting (born 4 September 1998) is an

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player. He plays for

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in the

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Early life

Cutting took up the game with Kidderminster Carolians at the age of eight before been picked up by

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

at U15s level. He helped

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to win the

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in 2015 and 2016, also helping them to reach the semi-final in 2017. He was on a sport scholarship for the

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, studied in Sports Science while playing for them in the

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competition.

Club career

Beck cutting joined the Senior Academy in the summer of 2017. He made his first team debut against

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in the

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back in November 2017. He started against

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in the

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at Allianz Park in November 2018. He also came off the bench in the

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match in Pau in December 2018, and the

match against

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at the start of the 2019-20 season. He has enjoyed spells with

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, Hartpury University,

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and

Jersey Reds Jersey Reds was a rugby union club based in Jersey, Channel Islands. On 28th September 2023, the club ceased trading and shortly thereafter went into liquidation following the withdrawal of financial support from a key investor. Until seaso ...

on dual registration arrangements. On 20 June 2020, Cutting signed his first professional contract with Worcester at

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, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2020-21 season. On 15 August 2020, he made his Premiership debut from off the bench against

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during the 2019-20 season. He scored his first try against

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a week later in the Premiership. On 4 November 2022, Cutting signed for

in the

for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

International career

Cutting has already played at three levels for England – U16, U17 and U18, where he was selected for England U18s for their tour in

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. He represented England U20s and featured for the side in their

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campaign where they missed out on the title by points difference to France. He also played a role in their run to the final of the

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where he managed to get on the scoresheet in their win over Scotland U20s before France again ended as the competition winners.

References

External links

Worcester Warriors profile
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Ultimate Rugby profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cutting, Beck 1998 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bath English rugby union players People educated at Bromsgrove School Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Slough Worcester Warriors players