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Geoff Parling knows a culture shock awaits Leicester in Belfast.

Instead of these I would have taken Parling, Wood, Robson and Doran-Jones.

George Chuter in the middle of it all, suddenly smiling to be surrounded by his mates, Geoff Parling fit and looking again like a world-beater.

Lock Geoff Parling, Leicester.

I would have picked two from Attwood, Parling or Robson over Botha and Deacon.

In 1903, Annie Russell performed in Boston, playing the title role in The Younger Mrs. Parling.

Leicester's lock forward Geoff Parling, called up as temporary cover for Deacon for England's pre-Six Nations training squad, also has a fair idea what to expect.

It required all Murphy's bravery and excellence under the high ball to keep Leicester afloat, with Geoff Parling and Rob Hawkins also providing energetic resistance.

He provided excellent cover for long-term injuries to England international locks Louis Deacon and Geoff Parling and the retirements of Ben Kay and Richard Blaze.

"When I went there with England Under-21s, we were on the way to the game in the bus and some little kids were giving us the V-signs because we were English," said Parling.

Following Pelé's second goal, Swedish player Sigvard Parling would later comment; "When Pelé scored the fifth goal in that Final, I have to be honest and say I felt like applauding".

In September, Cornish Pirates announced they had agreed to a three-month loan deal for Ben to go to Leicester Tigers as temporary cover for injured England international locks Geoff Parling and Louis Deacon.

Personally I think Louis Deacon has earned 29 more England caps that he should have, short of international standard in my opinion, would have liked to have seen Parling in from the start, looked impressive in his return from injury last week against Wasps.

I mean just watching Geoff Parling against Wasps; a Lock who can command the lineout, organises all of Leicester's mauls, puts in a big shift at the breakdown but also gets around the field like a Flanker and breaks over the game line with regularity.

Brooker,Webber,Parling, Mathews,Myall,Johnson,Allen and Hopper... Players also considered but overseas or injured, Sheridan, Mears, Palmer, Fourie, Armitage,Rees,Crane, Haskell, Cipriani, Gereghty, Tait Hipkiss and Tickenall :)

Four members of the Saxons squad will join the elite squad as temporary injury cover - second rows Dave Atwood of Bath and Geoff Parling of Leicester, Saracens full-back Alex Goode and Gloucester centre Henry Trinder, the last three all uncapped.

With Toby Flood, Courtney Lawes and Manu Tuilagi struggling to be fit to face Scotland on 4 February, Dave Attwood, Alex Goode, Geoff Parling and Henry Trinder will come up from the Saxons squad to act as temporary cover with the elite.