Career
He plays as a number eight. Balding came through Leicester Tigers academy and went on to make 66 appearances for the first XV. Balding was called up to the senior England squad for the 2002 tour of Argentina. Balding signed for Gloucester for the start of the 2004-2005 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.
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 2008-2009 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.
