George Ford at Bath shows benefit of family values
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George Ford at Bath shows benefit of family values
Pushy parents get a bad press.
Many people raised eyebrows when Mike Ford signed his son, George, from Leicester two years ago, wondering how the Bath head coach would fend off the charges of nepotism every time the teamsheet went up with his lad at No 10.
He need have had no concerns.
In fact, neither father nor son had any qualms about the move.
If anything, the lobbying was done by George, a young man in a hurry, fed up with biding his time at Leicester, serving his apprenticeship behind England’s most capped fly-half of the era, Toby Flood.
• Bath stick to attacking style to t…
Many people raised eyebrows when Mike Ford signed his son, George, from Leicester two years ago, wondering how the Bath head coach would fend off the charges of nepotism every time the teamsheet went up with his lad at No 10.
He need have had no concerns.
In fact, neither father nor son had any qualms about the move.
If anything, the lobbying was done by George, a young man in a hurry, fed up with biding his time at Leicester, serving his apprenticeship behind England’s most capped fly-half of the era, Toby Flood.
• Bath stick to attacking style to t…
