Career
He is the current head coach of Rosslyn Park Rugby Union Football Club. After retiring from playing rugby union, he became the Head of Sport at Trinity School in Shirley, where he was until November 2012. He was previously the coach with Ebbw Vale Reconstruction Finance Corporation whom he was with for a season and a half, saving them from relegation in his first half season and leading them to the runners up spot in his second and last season.
lieutenant was reported that Codling drove from his Surrey home to every Ebbw Vale match and training session.
Codling left Ebbw Vale in April 2007 and was soon appointed forwards coach at the RFU Championship club London Welsh. After leaving the Exiles in February 2008, Codling took up the role of part-time forwards coach at Barking.
In October 2008, he took over as head coach of Cardiff Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In 2011/12 season Codling was unveiled as forwards coach for newly promoted RFU Championship team London Scottish.