{"id":5165,"date":"2026-03-28T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:35:38","slug":"tnt-sports-presenter-craig-doyle-shoved-and-told-to-f-off-by-leicester-coach-geoff-parling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=5165","title":{"rendered":"TNT Sports presenter Craig Doyle shoved and told to &#8216;f-off&#8217; by Leicester coach Geoff Parling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Geoff-Parling-fe02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27726040\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Geoff Parling was furious after a ball was kicked in the direction of his players (TNT Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TNT Sports presenter Craig Doyle was shoved and told to \u2018f*** off\u2019 by Leicester Tigers coach Geoff Parling during a heated exchange on live TV on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during the warm-up before Leicester played Gloucester in the Slater Cup at Villa Park.<\/p>\n<p>During the pre-game build-up, which was broadcast live on TNT Sports 1, Doyle invited Liam MacDevitt, a fellow presenter, to take a conversion on the pitch at the end where Leicester\u2019s players were warming up under the posts.<\/p>\n<p>MacDevitt missed and the ball landed in the vicinity of where Leicester\u2019s players were warming up in between the posts.<\/p>\n<p>Parling immediately turned to Doyle, who asked: \u2018Would you sign him, Geoff? Would you sign him?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But a furious Parling shoved Doyle and replied: \u2018That\u2019s not on. That\u2019s f\u2014ing not on. Get off the pitch.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Doyle raised his eyebrows and walked off the pitch and said, \u2018sorry mate, Geoff not happy about that, apologies for the language, Geoff is understandably upset\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester went on to beat Gloucester 36-17 to retain the Slater Cup, with the fixture named in honour of former Gloucester and Leicester lock Ed Slater after his motor neurone disease diagnosis in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: What Scotland, Ireland and France need to do to win the Six Nations today<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Which FA Cup games are on TV this weekend? 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