Phil Greening

Phil Greening

Phil Greening (born 3 October, 1975 in Gloucester) is a former English rugby union footballer. Greening finished his rugby career with the London Wasps in 2005. During his career he earned 24 caps for England, as well as going to Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001.

His rugby career started at his place of birth, Gloucester. After playing for the Sale Sharks, he joined the Wasps for the 2000 season. At the Wasps he enjoyed a great deal of success, which included a total of four club trophies that the team won during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.

He earned the first of his 24 caps for the English rugby team during 1998. He was subsequently included in the England squad that competed at the 1999 World Cup in Wales the following year. He was a part of the British and Irish Lions that toured Australia in 2001. He also captained the English rugby sevens team, as well as playing at the 2002-03 Hong Kong Sevens. After retiring from the Wasps, due to a long-standing toe injury, he joined the England Sevens management team as Assistant Coach under Mike Friday until 2007.

He currently lives in Singapore, and is employed by Standard Chartered Bank. He is involved with local rugby coaching and has recently helped found a Sports charity, Sporting Chance.

On 17th November 2007 the BBC reported that he had been ordered by a civil court to pay £30,000 in compensation for a hand off on French wing Aurelien Rougerie which occurred during a club match between Greening's former club, Wasps, and Montferrand in 2002. Rougerie had initially sued for £45,000 after being hospitalised for 12 weeks and undergoing 3 operations on his windpipe. Greening has always maintained it was a fair challenge in a full contact sport and Damian Hopley, the Professional Rugby Players Association CEO says the ruling sets a very dangerous precedent in such a sport. Rougerie's lawyer said the court had sent a very strong signal.

References

External links

* [http://www.wasps.co.uk/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=15&squadno=5443&season=05/06&seasonl=2005/2006&Playertype=P Wasps profile]
* [http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12331_2887140,00.html Sky Sports New article on the Rougerie case]
* [http://www.england-rugby.com/EnglandRugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=Home.Simple_Display&storyid=12016 Phil Greening England Sevens profile]
* [http://www.sportingchancefoundation.com Phil Greening's Charity: Sporting Chance Foundation]
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/english/7099629.stm


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