Geoff Parling's rise into the coaching big leagues

Geoff Parling retired from rugby two years ago and is now a coach. He will prepare an Australian pack of forwards to face the All Blacks next month. The revised Rugby Championship starts on November 7 at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. Parled was dumped out of the Rugby World Cup on home soil by Australia five years earlier. He is proud to be a Wallaby coach and wants to help the team as much as he can.

Geoff Parling has been a player-coach in Japan and England. He played for the British and Irish Lions during their tour of Australia in 2013. Parled has always coached local teams and assisted with the lineouts. He did his coaching badges at Newcastle Uni almost 15 years ago.

Parling is the latest young Englishman to land a big rugby job. He is currently in Australia training with the national team. Parling has been nurtured, shaped and steered by some of the most successful figures in his field. He loves learning and going to different environments. His coaching style is his own. It is either coaches confirm what he believes in or give a twist to what she believes. As a player you just want honesty. In the long term you always appreciate honesty in a coach.

Geoff Parling is the new forwards coach of Australia. The team is preparing for the Rugby Championship. It is their first international match since the Six Nations finished. New Zealand are the favourites to win the Bledisloe Cup. Leicester Tigers lost to Bristol Bears. They have a Facebook page. You can read their match report from the defeat to the Bears here.