Calum Daniel Green (born 15 July 1990) is an English

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player. He plays

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. He has previously played for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

in two spells between 2007–2012 and 2019–2023, as well as for

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and

Yorkshire Carnegie Leeds Tykes (formerly Leeds RUFC, Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie) is an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the National League 2 North. The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 whe ...

in the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

and featured in over 100 games for

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

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

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

Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

winning squad in 2011/12. Green then joined

for the 2012/13 season on a two-year contract. On 7 April 2014, Green rejoined the

Aviva Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby u ...

as he agreed a deal to join

from the 2014–15 season. On 22 April 2019 it was announced that Green was to re-join Leicester that summer, with his signing being welcomed by new teammate Dan Cole. Green started the 2022 Premiership Rugby final as Tigers beat

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15–12. 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.

References

External links

Leicester profile

England U20 profile

Premiership profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Calum 1990 births Living people English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Newcastle Falcons players Nottingham R.F.C. players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Norwich