fullname youthclubs repteam clubs birth_place weight height article_title position birth_date clubnumber school name
adam balding coventry saracens england saxons coventry saracens coventry , england 110 kg stlb on 1.88 m ftin on adam balding
 number eight , flanker 7 december 1979 8 caludon castle adam balding
adam balding

adam balding -lrb- born 7 december 1979 , coventry -rrb- is an english rugby union footballer , currently playing for london welsh .
he plays as a number eight .
balding came through leicester tigers academy and went on to make 66 appearances for the first xv .
while there , he won the premiership and heineken cup .
balding signed for gloucester for the start of the 2004 -- 05 season .
after some impressive performances in his debut season , he was made club captain towards the back end of the season .
in gloucester 's first game of the 2005/06 season at worcester , balding was injured only a few minutes into the game .
balding returned from injury in early november , coming off the bench against newcastle falcons .
he went on to make 16 appearances during the season ; however he missed gloucester 's european challenge cup victory against london irish at the end of the season .
during the next 2 seasons balding did not play regularly with stiff competition from james forrester , luke narraway and gareth delve .
during those two seasons he was loaned out to both moseley and leeds carnegie .
balding signed for newcastle on 1 july 2008 for the start of the 2008 -- 09 season .
he signed for worcester in february on a two-year deal .
in 2012 , balding signed a contract with newcastle falcons and left worcester warriors straight away .
balding suffered a serious achilles injury in his third year at gloucester which kept him out for 9 months ; after returning to fitness game time was limited due to the form of the team .
he then spent the rest of the 4th season on loan at leeds .
adam has joined london welsh for the 2012/13 season and has performed well so far .
