British Lions & England international rugby union player & coach
Rugby player
Geoff Parling
Parling playing for Leicester Tigers in 2012
Birth name
Geoff Parling
Date of birth
(1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Height
1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight
117 kg (18 st 6 lb)[1]
School
Durham School
University
Newcastle University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Lock
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2003–2009
Newcastle Falcons
116
(40)
2009–2015
Leicester Tigers
93
(15)
2015–2017
Exeter Chiefs
50
(5)
2017–2018
Munakata Sanix Blues
12
(0)
2018
Melbourne Rebels
11
(0)
2003–2018
Total
282
(60)
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2012–2015
England
29
(5)
2013
British & Irish Lions
3
(0)
Coaching career
Years
Team
2020—
Australia forwards
Geoff Parling (born 28 October 1983) is an English rugby union coach and former player. His usual playing position was lock.
Parling played for Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers and Exeter Chiefs in Premiership Rugby, he won three English titles as a player, two with Leicester in 2010 and 2013 then again with Exeter in 2017. He played in Japan for Munakata Sanix Blues and for Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby.
He won 29 caps for England, appearing at the 2015 Rugby World Cup and won three caps for the British & Irish Lions on the 2013 tour to Australia.
Since retiring from playing Parling has been a forwards coach, including for the Australia national team.
^"Leicester Tigers: The Team". Leicester Tigers website. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
GeoffParling (born 28 October 1983) is an English rugby union coach and former player. His usual playing position was lock. Parling played for Newcastle...
dropped for the third Test but was restored to the starting line-up after GeoffParling failed to overcome an injury sustained in the second game. England lost...
international lock Adam Coleman and former England and British and Irish Lion GeoffParling. On the field the Rebels made a significant improvement winning 4 of...
on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2011. "Louis Deacon says GeoffParling has forced him to raise his game". Leicester Mercury. 15 January 2010...
3 - Gonzalo Camacho , Junior Poluleuligaga , Craig Mitchell 2015 7 GeoffParling, Jack Nowell, Henry Slade Tomas Francis , Chrysander Botha , Elvis Taione...
2019 World Cups Joe Launchbury (2022–2023) – 2015 and 2019 World Cups GeoffParling (2017–2018) – 2012 British and Irish Lions Kele Leawere – 2003 and 2007...
JP Smith Greg Pleasants-Tate Ruan Smith Jacques van Rooyen Lock(s) GeoffParling RG Snyman Sam Wykes Flanker(s) Simone Favaro Ed Quirk Kwagga Smith Number...
compounded by the departure of future British and Irish Lions star GeoffParling who continued the outflow of talent, leaving for Leicester Tigers. Another...
) Brad Barritt, Lee Dickson, Phil Dowson, Owen Farrell, Ben Morgan, GeoffParling, Jordan Turner-Hall (all England) and Lee Jones (Scotland) made their...
1335 Owen Farrell Centre 2012-02-04 v Scotland at Murrayfield 1336 GeoffParling (Lock) 2012-02-04 v Scotland at Murrayfield 1337 Lee Dickson (Scrum-half)...
youth system is GeoffParling, a local rugby player who went on to play for Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers and Exeter Chiefs. Parling has been capped...
member of another club. 2013: Ben Youngs†, Tom Youngs, Manu Tuilagi, GeoffParling 2009: Harry Ellis 2005: Julian White, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Geordan...
- academic Amanda Parker - Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire since 2023 GeoffParling - Leicester Tigers rugby player Chris Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes...
52' OF 7 Chris Robshaw (c) BF 6 Tom Wood RL 5 Courtney Lawes LL 4 GeoffParling 52' TP 3 Dan Cole 68' HK 2 Tom Youngs 73' LP 1 Joe Marler 52' Replacements:...
2010-11-28 Ireland 119 Manu Tuilagi Centre England 2011-08-06 Wales 120 GeoffParling (Lock) England 2012-02-04 Scotland 121 Logovi'i Mulipola Prop Samoa...
JP Smith Greg Pleasants-Tate Ruan Smith Jacques van Rooyen Lock(s) GeoffParling RG Snyman Sam Wykes Flanker(s) Simone Favaro Ed Quirk Kwagga Smith Number...
In 2013 Gareth Malone won the Beard of the Year. He beat John Hurt, GeoffParling, and Jeremy Paxman, who made it to the shortlist, but fell outside the...
Michael Paterson1,2 Lock (1985-05-09)9 May 1985 (aged 29) 0 Sale Sharks GeoffParling Lock (1983-10-28)28 October 1983 (aged 30) 19 Leicester Tigers Ed Slater...
Christian Day were added to the squad to cover the injured Tom Wood and GeoffParling. On 27 January, Owen Farrell was ruled out the whole Championship. On...
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