TNT 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.

The incident occurred during the warm-up before Leicester played Gloucester in the Slater Cup at Villa Park.

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’s players were warming up under the posts.

MacDevitt missed and the ball landed in the vicinity of where Leicester’s players were warming up in between the posts.

Parling immediately turned to Doyle, who asked: ‘Would you sign him, Geoff? Would you sign him?’

But a furious Parling shoved Doyle and replied: ‘That’s not on. That’s f—ing not on. Get off the pitch.’

Doyle 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’.

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.

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