Geoff Parling

Geoff Parling

Parling playing for Leicester Tigers in 2012
Birth name	Geoff Parling
Date of birth	(1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 41)
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.