Уильям Карлинг: Ругбист, тренер және қоғам қайырмашысы

British Lions & England international rugby union player
those of a similar name

William David Charles Carling (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. Since retiring, Carling has pursued interests including corporate speaking and punditry. In 2018 he joined the England coaching staff of Eddie Jones as a leadership mentor.

The son of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Carling, an officer in the Royal Regiment of Wales, Carling was born in Bradford on Avon and educated at Terra Nova School in Cheshire and then Sedbergh School, on an army scholarship. He disliked being sent to prep school but showed an aptitude for rugby and played above his age group, arriving at Sedbergh – a "big rugby school" – with a reputation as a serious talent. On 2 April 1983 he made his debut for England Schools in a 16–0 victory over Ireland. He narrowly missed out on a junior Grand Slam, with an England Schools side that included Kevin Simms, Victor Ubogu and Carling's future Durham and Harlequins teammate Andy Mullins, losing 13–12 to Wales.

Carling is married to his second wife Lisa, the ex wife of David Cooke. The couple have two children. Carling has an older son with former partner Ali Cockayne. Carling was previously married to the television presenter Julia Carling (née Smith) from 1994 to 1996. Prior to their divorce, he was romantically linked by some members of the press with Diana, Princess of Wales, the then wife of Prince Charles. Carling has denied any such relationship. Carling, whose mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when he was an infant and later died from the disease, is a patron of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

In August 2014, Carling was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run up to September's referendum on that issue.

No. DateOppositionVenueScoreStatusNotes1988 1 5 November Twickenham, London28–19 Test Match 1989 2 4 February Twickenham, London12–121989 Five Nations 3 18 February Lansdowne Road, Dublin16–3 4 4 March Twickenham, London11–0 1 Try 5 18 March Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff9–12 6 4 November Twickenham, London58–23 Test Match 1990 7 20 January Twickenham, London23–01990 Five Nations 8 3 February Parc des Princes, Paris26–7 1 Try 9 17 February Twickenham, London34–6 1 Try 10 17 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh7–13 11 28 July Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires25–12Argentina Series 12 4 August Vélez Sársfield, Buenos Aires13–15 13 3 November Twickenham, London51–0 Test Match 1991 14 19 January Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff25–61991 Five Nations 15 16 February Twickenham, London21–12 16 2 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin16–7 17 16 March Twickenham, London21–19 18 20 July National Stadium, Suva28–12 Test Match 19 27 July Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney15–40 Test Match 20 3 October Twickenham, London12–181991 Rugby World Cup 21 8 October Twickenham, London36–6 22 11 October Twickenham, London37–9 1 Try 23 19 October Parc des Princes, Paris19–10 1 Try 24 26 October Murrayfield, Edinburgh9–6 25 2 November Twickenham, London6–12 1991 Rugby World Cup Final 1992 26 18 January Murrayfield, Edinburgh25–71992 Five Nations 27 1 February Twickenham, London38–9 28 15 February Parc des Princes, Paris31–13 29 7 March Twickenham, London24–0 1 Try 30 17 October Wembley Stadium, London26–13 Test Match 31 14 November Twickenham, London33–16 Test Match 1 Try1993 32 16 January Twickenham, London16–151993 Five Nations 33 9 February Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff9–10 34 6 March Twickenham, London26–12 35 20 March Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–17 36 27 November Twickenham, London15–9 Test Match 1994 37 5 February Murrayfield, Edinburgh15–141994 Five Nations 38 19 February Twickenham, London12–13 39 5 March Parc des Princes, Paris18–14 40 19 March Twickenham, London15–8 41 4 June Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria32–15South Africa Series 42 11 June Newlands, Cape Town9–27 43 12 November Twickenham, London54–3 Test Match 1 Try 44 10 December Twickenham, London60–9 Test Match 1995 45 21 January Lansdowne Road, Dublin20–81995 Five Nations 1 Try 46 4 February Twickenham, London31–10 47 18 February Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff23–9 48 18 March Twickenham, London24–12 49 27 May Kings Park Stadium, Durban24–181995 Rugby World Cup 50 4 June Kings Park Stadium, Durban44–22 51 11 June Newlands, Cape Town25–22 52 18 June Newlands, Cape Town29–45 2 Tries 53 22 June Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria9–19 54 18 November Twickenham, London14–24 Test Match 55 16 December Twickenham, London27–9 Test Match 1996 56 20 January Parc des Princes, Paris12–151996 Five Nations 57 3 February Twickenham, London21–15 58 2 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh18–9 59 16 March Twickenham, London28–15

In 2021, World Rugby inducted Carling into its World Rugby Hall of Fame, alongside Osea Kolinisau, Humphrey Kayange, Huriana Manuel, Cheryl McAfee and Jim Telfer.