George Chuter

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George Chuter (born 9 July 1976) is an English rugby union player. He started his career with Saracens before joining Leicester Tigers in 2000.

Chuter was born in Greenwich. He first started playing as a 12-year-old when he went to Trinity School of John Whitgift in the London Borough of Croydon. He quickly established himself at hooker.He then chose a career move and went on to play front row. He went on to play his club rugby for Old Mid-Whitgiftians and gained representative honours for the London Division U18 side.

In 1994-95 Chuter won his first international cap for England Colts against Scotland and also went on that year’s summer tour to Canada. He was invited to trial for Saracens at the age of 19 and stayed with them for five years. In 1998 he made a try scoring debut for England A against France A at Tours and in the same year went on the senior England 'tour to hell’ to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, featuring in the uncapped match at Invercargill against New Zealand Academy.

George took a year off and decided to travel in the USA and Australia and he was in Sydney for the 2000 Olympic Games. On returning he signed for Leicester Tigers in December 2000. After the departure of Richard Cockerill in the summer of 2002, he competed with Dorian West as first choice hooker. In 2003 he was back in the England reckoning and in 2004 was a member of the England Churchill Cup squad in Canada. He was then selected for the Elite Player Squad but a second citing in October resulted in him missing the opportunity to take part in the November Tests.