Tigers certain Parling will be back

01 October 2014On a gloomy day for England, Parling was ruled out of this autumn's QBE Series just hours after it was announced that Alex Corbisiero will be sidelined until early next year with torn shoulder ligaments.

Parling has been concussed five times in 11 months, most recently in Leicester's 45-0 Aviva Premiership defeat at Bath 10 days ago - the second incident of its kind in three games.

While the 30-year-old British and Irish Lions lock is facing two months of recovery, Tigers director of rugby Cockerill dispelled concerns over his playing career.

"Geoff saw the r…