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  "path": "/2026/03/28/tnt-sports-presenter-shoved-told-f-off-rugby-coach-live-tv-27725235/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-28T16:23:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Geoff Parling was furious after a ball was kicked in the direction of his players (TNT Sports)\n\nTNT Sports presenter Craig Doyle was shoved and told to ‘f*** off’ by Leicester Tigers coach Geoff Parling during a heated exchange on live TV on Saturday.\n\nThe incident occurred during the warm-up before Leicester played Gloucester in the Slater Cup at Villa Park.\n\nDuring 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’s players were warming up under the posts.\n\nMacDevitt missed and the ball landed in the vicinity of where Leicester’s players were warming up in between the posts.\n\nParling immediately turned to Doyle, who asked: ‘Would you sign him, Geoff? Would you sign him?’\n\n> This lads first day on TNT rugby…Big Geoff Parling wasn’t impressed…Valuable lesson learnt;Don’t mess with the warm up… pic.twitter.com/89sFyaCBDa\n>\n> — Enge Gray (@Enge21) March 28, 2026\n\nBut a furious Parling shoved Doyle and replied: ‘That’s not on. That’s f—ing not on. Get off the pitch.’\n\nDoyle raised his eyebrows and walked off the pitch and said, ‘sorry mate, Geoff not happy about that, apologies for the language, Geoff is understandably upset’.\n\nLeicester 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.\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "TNT Sports presenter shoved and told to ‘f-off’ by rugby coach on live TV"
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