Former England forward turned Joe Schmidt’s right-hand man is well placed to gauge the challenge facing Australia
‘We’re under no illusions that next year’s Lions Tour and the home World Cup are big projects,’ says Geoff Parling.‘We’re under no illusions that next year’s Lions Tour and the home World Cup are big projects,’ says Geoff Parling.ime was, and not so long ago, when Steve Borthwick and Geoff Parling were squaring off against each other on opposite sides of the same lineouts, Borthwick at Saracens, Parling for Leicester.
They’re similar sorts, plenty tough, but soft-spoken and studious, too. It was Parling who took on Borthwick’s role as the brains behind England’s lineout in their playing days, and you guess they would be happy to stay up talking to each other about plays, patterns and calls long after everyone else at the table had gone to bed.But Parling’s role with Australia is bigger than that.
They have three things going for them. One is Schmidt himself. The other is that, unlike Jones, he has the full support of the small, but passionate, rugby community in Australia. “Everywhere we go, there’s goodwill from people.”
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