Joe Worsley was born in London and educated at Hitchin Boys' School and Brunel University.
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24 Facts About Joe Worsley
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Joe Worsley went on to help Wasps win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 1999 and 2000.
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Joe Worsley played in the victorious 2004 and 2007 Heineken Cup finals.
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Joe Worsley is noted for his defensive capabilities against opposing ball-carriers.
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Joe Worsley won two more caps as a replacement in that summer's Tests against South Africa in Pretoria and Bloemfontein.
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Joe Worsley enjoyed a successful tour to North America in the summer of 2001, filling Lawrence Dallaglio's number 8 position and scoring against both Canada and the United States.
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Joe Worsley continued in the back row for England's 2001 Investec Challenge matches, when he turned in two outstanding performances against Australia and South Africa.
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Joe Worsley replaced Richard Hill in both of England's 2003 tour matches against New Zealand and Australia.
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Joe Worsley scored England's second try in their win over Wales at Cardiff in 2003, just eight days after scoring against France A for England A at Northampton, and being voted man of the match.
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Joe Worsley was a member of England's victorious Rugby World Cup squad in 2003, coming on during the pool match against South Africa and starting against both Samoa and Uruguay.
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Joe Worsley played powerfully against both South Africa and Australia in November 2004.
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Joe Worsley started in the back row, now an automatic choice after former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio retired from England duty two months earlier.
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Joe Worsley was a member of the London Wasps side that won both the Zurich Premiership final and the Heineken European Cup Final in 2004 and he played well on the summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
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Joe Worsley missed out on England's entire 2005 Autumn test series due to a knee injury but regained full fitness in time for the 2006 Six nations championship.
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Joe Worsley made a "try-saving tap-tackle" which prevented Vincent Clerc of France from scoring a probable match-winning try late in the semi-final.
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Joe Worsley toured New Zealand in June 2008, coming on as a substitute in both Tests, and was named as a replacement for Tom Rees in the shadow of the 2009 Six Nations, and began as a replacement against Italy.
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Joe Worsley then restarted his international career, starting in front of Steffon Armitage against Wales, and proving his worth, earning man of the match.
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Joe Worsley played on the Lions 2009 tour of South Africa in front of any other English flankers other than Tom Croft.
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On 1 August 2011 it was announced that Joe Worsley had been cut from England's training squad due to injury and would probably miss the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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Joe Worsley is an Honorary President of the rugby charity Wooden Spoon improving the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in Britain and Ireland.
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Joe Worsley has started actively participating in Rugby classes for the Alex Boys academy, helping disadvantaged children learn rugby of which he is a keen advocate.
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