Calum Green

Calum Green
Birth nameCalum Daniel Green.
Date of birth (1990-07-15) 15 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birthNorwich, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[2]
SchoolHeartsease High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Youth career
2002–2007 North Walsham
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007–2012 Leicester Tigers 21 (0)
2009–2012 → Nottingham 33 (10)
2012–2014 Yorkshire Carnegie 45 (5)
2014–2019 Newcastle Falcons 123 (20)
2019–2023 Leicester Tigers 80 (10)
2007–Present Total 302 (45)
Correct as of 7 January 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2010 England U20 8 (0)

Calum Daniel Green (born 15 July 1990)[3] 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.[4]

Green's Tigers debut match was a friendly against the Classic All Blacks in 2008.[5] Despite not yet being 20, Green also played for the Leicester Tigers side in their 2009 friendly against South Africa at Welford Road, which the Tigers won 22–17.[6] His first league appearance was a home win against Saracens in March 2009.[7] 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.[8]

On 22 April 2019 it was announced that Green was to re-join Leicester that summer,[9] with his signing being welcomed by new teammate Dan Cole.[10]

Green started the 2022 Premiership Rugby final as Tigers beat Saracens 15–12.[11] 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.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Newcastle Profile: Calum Green". Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Aviva Premiership Rugby – Gloucester Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Calum Green". ESPN. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ Wildman, Rob (7 March 2010). "Calum Green shows rampant Leicester there is life after Lewis Moody". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Classic All Blacks triumph in their UK debut". Leicester Tigers website. 25 May 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Hands, David (7 November 2009). "South Africans forced to bow to Leicester's youth rally". London: Times Online. Retrieved 16 August 2010.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Leicester 46–16 Saracens". BBC Sport. 21 March 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Newcastle Falcons sign Yorkshire Carnegie lock Calum Green". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Leicester Tigers: Noel Reid, Calum Green & Jaco Taute to join for start of 2019-20". 22 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Calum Green will add a bit of edge to the Leicester Tigers pack, says Dan Cole". Leicester Mercury. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Premiership final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens – Freddie Burns drop-goal clinches title". BBC Sport. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  12. ^ "England U20 fall short in JWC semi final with Australia". RFU website. 17 June 2010. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2010.