Phil Greening (born 3 October 1975) is an English former
rugby union
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footballer who played as a
hooker. Greening finished his rugby career with
London Wasps
Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022 the club entered administration, resulting in r ...
in 2005. During his career he earned 24 caps for
England
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, as well as going to Australia with the
British and Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national ...
in 2001.
Playing career
His rugby career started at his place of birth, Gloucester. After playing for
Sale Sharks, he joined the Wasps for the 2000 season. At Wasps he enjoyed a great deal of success, which included a total of four club trophies that the team won during the 2002–03 and 2003-04 seasons. He was a replacement as Wasps won the
2002–03 Premiership Final, and two years later started when they won the final for the third year in a row. Greening was injured for much of 2004 meaning he missed out on Wasps' victories in the 2004 Premiership Final and the
2004 Heineken Cup Final.
He earned the first of his 24 caps for the English rugby team during 1996. He was subsequently included in the England squad that competed at the
1999 World Cup in
Wales
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the following year. He was a part of the British and Irish Lions that toured Australia in 2001. He also captained the English rugby sevens team, as well as playing at the 2002–03 Hong Kong Sevens. After retiring from the Wasps, due to a long-standing toe injury, he joined the England Sevens management team as Assistant Coach under Mike Friday until 2007.
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reported that he had been ordered by a civil court to pay £30,000 in compensation for a hand off on French wing
in 2002. Rougerie had initially sued for £45,000 after being hospitalised for 12 weeks and undergoing three operations on his windpipe. Greening has always maintained it was a fair challenge in a full-contact sport, and
, the Professional Rugby Players Association CEO, says the ruling sets a very dangerous precedent in such a sport. Rougerie's lawyer said the court had sent a very strong signal.
Following the departure of Danny Wilson to the Newport Gwent Dragons, Greening took over as head coach. He was head coach until 2011. He maintained his links to sevens through this period when he coached Samurai International to victory in the Middlesex International 7s in 2010 and 2011.
On 15 August 2012, Scottish Rugby appointed Greening as the new head coach and programme manager for Scotland 7s.
He joined on a three-year contract, which would take him up to and beyond the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. But Scottish Rugby confirmed on 1 March 2013 that Scotland 7s head coach and programme manager Phil Greening had left.