Geoff Parling 'protecting players' with angry reaction to ball kicked by TV host

Leicester Tigers head coach Geoff Parling. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

Leicester boss Geoff Parling says he was protecting his players when he was involved in a heated exchange with TV presenters ahead of their Gallagher Prem match with Gloucester at Villa Park on Saturday.

Footage showed TNT Sports' Craig Doyle inviting Liam MacDevitt to attempt a conversion, saying it was an initiation as a new member of the presenting team.