Ben Herring
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Ben Herring is a former rugby union
player who played for Leicester Tigers
in the Guinness Premiership
. His position is flanker
. Herring missed out a 2007 Super 14 rugby contract with any New Zealand Super 14 team, and negotiated a move to join the Leicester Tigers in early 2007. In April 2009, Herring retired on medical advice after suffering a series of concussions.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player who played for Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
in the Guinness Premiership
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
. His position is flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
. Herring missed out a 2007 Super 14 rugby contract with any New Zealand Super 14 team, and negotiated a move to join the Leicester Tigers in early 2007. In April 2009, Herring retired on medical advice after suffering a series of concussions.