Calum Green
{{short description|English rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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| name = Calum Green
| image =
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| birth_name = Calum Daniel Green.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|07|15}}
| birth_place = Norwich, England
| death_date =
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| height = {{height|m=1.93}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/Team/View/86|title=Newcastle Profile: Calum Green|accessdate=24 March 2018}}
| school = Heartsease High School
| currentclub =
| position = Lock
| youthyears1 = 2002–2007
| youthclubs1 = North Walsham
| years1 = 2007–2012
| clubs1 = Leicester Tigers
| apps1 = 21
| points1 = 0
| years2 = 2009–2012
| clubs2 = → Nottingham
| apps2 = 33
| points2 = 10
| years3 = 2012–2014
| clubs3 = Yorkshire Carnegie
| apps3 = 45
| points3 = 5
| years4 = 2014–2019
| clubs4 = Newcastle Falcons
| apps4 = 123
| points4 = 20
| years5 = 2019–2023
| clubs5 = Leicester Tigers
| apps5 = 80
| points5 = 10
| totalyears = 2007–Present
| totalapps = 302
| totalpoints = 45
| clubupdate = 7 January 2023
| repyears1 = 2009–2010
| repteam1 = England U20
| repcaps1 = 8
| reppoints1 = 0
| repupdate =
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Calum Daniel Green (born 15 July 1990){{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/93722.html|title=Calum Green|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=24 March 2018}} is an English rugby union player. He plays lock. He has previously played for Leicester Tigers in two spells between 2007–2012 and 2019–2023, as well as for Nottingham and Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship and featured in over 100 games for Newcastle Falcons between 2014 and 2019.
Green was a Premiership Rugby champion in 2022.
Club career
Green was dual-registered for Nottingham and Leicester Tigers, which enabled him to get game time in the Championship. He made five appearances for the Tigers first team in 2009–10, notably against London Irish.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/7392805/Calum-Green-shows-rampant-Leicester-there-is-life-after-Lewis-Moody.html|title=Calum Green shows rampant Leicester there is life after Lewis Moody|date=7 March 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=16 August 2010 | location=London | first=Rob | last=Wildman}}
Green's Tigers debut match was a friendly against the Classic All Blacks in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/11293.php|title=Classic All Blacks triumph in their UK debut|date=25 May 2008|publisher=Leicester Tigers website|accessdate=16 August 2010}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Despite not yet being 20, Green also played for the Leicester Tigers side in their 2009 friendly against {{nrut|South Africa}} at Welford Road, which the Tigers won 22–17.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6907322.ece|title=South Africans forced to bow to Leicester’s youth rally|date=7 November 2009|publisher=Times Online|accessdate=16 August 2010 | location=London | first=David | last=Hands}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} His first league appearance was a home win against Saracens in March 2009.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/7928167.stm|title=Leicester 46–16 Saracens |date=21 March 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=16 August 2010}} Green was a member of the Anglo-Welsh Cup winning squad in 2011/12.
Green then joined Yorkshire Carnegie for the 2012/13 season on a two-year contract. On 7 April 2014, Green rejoined the Aviva Premiership as he agreed a deal to join Newcastle Falcons from the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/26922259|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Newcastle Falcons sign Yorkshire Carnegie lock Calum Green|accessdate=7 April 2014}}
On 22 April 2019 it was announced that Green was to re-join Leicester that summer,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/48013469|title=Leicester Tigers: Noel Reid, Calum Green & Jaco Taute to join for start of 2019-20|date=22 April 2019|accessdate=24 June 2019}} with his signing being welcomed by new teammate Dan Cole.{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/calum-green-add-bit-edge-2796015|publisher=Leicester Mercury|date=25 April 2019|accessdate=24 June 2019|title=Calum Green will add a bit of edge to the Leicester Tigers pack, says Dan Cole}}
Green started the 2022 Premiership Rugby final as Tigers beat Saracens 15–12.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/61829701|title=Premiership final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens – Freddie Burns drop-goal clinches title|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 June 2022|accessdate=20 June 2022}} In May 2023 it was announced that Green would leave Leicester at the end of his contract.
International career
Green has represented England U16A, and England U20, in the 6 Nations and IRB Junior World Championship, where England came fourth.{{cite news|url=http://www.rfu.com/News/2010/June/News%20Articles/170610_U20_Aus_report|title=England U20 fall short in JWC semi final with Australia|date=17 June 2010|publisher=RFU website|accessdate=16 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925223003/http://www.rfu.com/News/2010/June/News%20Articles/170610_U20_Aus_report|archive-date=25 September 2012|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.leicestertigers.com/squad/players.php?player=72866&includeref=dynamic Leicester profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100702053714/http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandUnder20s/CalumGreen.aspx England U20 profile]
- [http://www.premiershiprugby.com/9270.php?includeref=dynamic&player=74930 Premiership profile]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:Leicester Tigers players
Category:Newcastle Falcons players