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Phil Greening

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Phil Greening (born 3 October, 1975 in Gloucester) is a former English rugby union footballer. Greening finished his rugby career with the London Wasps in 2005. During his career he erarnt 24 caps for England, as well as going to Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2001.

His rugby career started at his place of birth, Gloucester. After playing for the Sale Sharks, he joined the Wasps for the 2000 season. At the 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 earnt the first of his 24 caps for the English rugby team during 1998. He was subsequently included in the English squad that competed at the 1999 World Cup in Wales 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.

He currently lives in Singapore, and is employed by Standard Chartered Bank. He is involved with local rugby coaching and has recently helped found a Sports charity, Sporting Chance