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Geoff Parling Slammed After Swearing and Pushing Craig Doyle Live on TNT Sports
Leicester Tigers coach Geoff Parling confronted TNT Sports presenters over a warm-up kick near players, leading to their removal during the Slater Cup match at Villa Park.
- On Saturday, Leicester Tigers head coach Geoff Parling shoved TNT Sports presenter Craig Doyle during a live broadcast at Villa Park, interrupting pre-match warm-ups for the Slater Cup.
- Doyle challenged MacDevitt to kick for the posts as an 'initiation' into the production team, causing the ball to land near Leicester players warming up at that end of the pitch.
- Parling confronted the pair and told them their actions were "******* not on" before pushing Doyle away, who later acknowledged "Geoff not happy about that" to viewers.
- TNT Sports apologized to Parling after the incident, which had occurred without the team's knowledge, while Leicester defeated Gloucester 36-17 to retain the Slater Cup.
- Social media users expressed mixed views, with some sympathetic to Parling's player-safety concerns but others criticizing the production team's poor timing and situational awareness.
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Leicester’s Geoff Parling boots TNT Sports off pitch and swears at host Craig Doyle
TNT Sports host Doyle and colleague Liam MacDevitt were given their marching orders after kicking towards the posts during the warm-ups
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right4Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution53% Left
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- 53% of the sources lean Left
53% Left
L 53%
C 20%
R 27%
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