Will Carling

Captain + Rugby Player

Male

Born Dec 12, 1965

Age 47

Other Names Bumface http://ww...

William David Charles Carling, OBE is a former Rugby union player for Harlequins, and a former captain of England from 1988 to 1996, winning 72 caps.

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Will Carling The Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup - final held at Cowdray Park

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Jul 19, 2008

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Will Carling and Lisa Carling out shopping on Old Bond Street; Will Carling did his shopping in A...

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Jul 8, 2007

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Will Carling and guest The Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup held at Cowdray Park - Arrivals

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Jul 22, 2006

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WILL CARLING at the Verve Cliquot Gold Cup at Cowdry ParkWest Sussex, England - 17.07.05

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Jul 17, 2005

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Princess
Dating 1995 - Present
Julia Carling
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Diana, Princess of Wales
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Will Carling: Rugby's Fight To Differentiate Itself And Be Heard
Huffington Post Sports - Apr 02, 2013

I was trying to explain to a football-obsessed mate the other day why I loved playing rugby and why I still think it has a unique appeal. It made me start to question where rugby is, how it has changed since I played, all those years ago, and where it might be heading. A brief explanation as to why I loved playing, and started playing rugby, was down to the challenge that it presented above all the other sports. I played most sports, and enjoyed them, but it was the physical natu...
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Will Carling: Cheating In Sport
Huffington Post Sports - Jan 10, 2013

Thought I would start the year with a nice gentle blog, just to ease back into it, so hence am taking on the subject of cheating... oh yes! Should be plain sailing. Let's start with the furore around 'Bloodgate'! At first it was exceptional for me, in that there was genuine surprise and shock in some quarters that there was cheating in rugby! I had comments that people were staggered, appalled, because they believed rugby was a sport played by gentlemen, good chaps, who played fa...
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Jake Schmidt: U.S. Signs Into Law Bill Calling For Global Solution To Aviation's Carbon Pollution
Huffington Post - Nov 29, 2012

President Obama signed into law a bill that would send a signal that it is way past time for aviation to reduce its global warming pollution. At the same time the White House signalled its commitment to securing a global solution to reduce aviation's carbon pollution. We echo the Obama administration in calling for an international solution, as that is the best way to address the growing problem of carbon pollution from international aviation. We are glad that the Administration is...
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Gov. Scott Vetoes Bill Calling For Unlimited Tuition Increases At Uf And Florida State
Flaglerlive.com - Apr 28, 2012

Gov. Rick Scott's tuition bill veto rejects pleas of higher education and business officials who said steeper tuition would make the schools more competitive. The veto underscores Scott's emphasis on holding down the cost of living in the state.
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1965 Birth Born on December 12, 1965.

TWENTIES

1987 21 Years Old In 1987 he resigned his army commission in order to concentrate on rugby as a career, and then joined Harlequins and assumed his normal position as centre.

1988 22 Years Old In 1988 he became the youngest ever England captain at the age of 22yrs, and was the most successful, until Martin Johnson's period. … Read More

1991 25 Years Old Whilst possibly the one of world's best centres at the time, he and his team went on to the final of the 1991 Rugby World Cup. … Read More

1993 27 Years Old … English victories over New Zealand and South Africa in 1993 were perhaps the peak of England's performance under Carling: although for the rest of the year and the next one, England reverted to stereotype, and under-achieved somewhat.

1995 29 Years Old 1 More Event

In the run-up to the 1995 World Cup, after England returned to form with their third Grand Slam in five years, Carling famously described the Rugby Football Union general committee as "57 old farts" which led to his sacking as captain. … Read More

THIRTIES

2001 35 Years Old After his rugby career ended he became a TV pundit on rugby union. He has also worked as a motivational speaker and in 2001 founded Will Carling Management Ltd, a corporate hospitality company which is also involved in the rugby social networking website "Rucku".

FORTIES

2007 41 Years Old Wallaby George Gregan equalled his 59 matches as captain in the 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B against Fiji and in the 2009 Tri Nations Series Springbok John Smit equalled and then beat his record in tests between New Zealand in Bloemfontein and Durban respectively. … Read More

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