 He also captained the English rugby sevens team, as well as playing at the 2002-03 Hong Kong Sevens.After retiring from the Wasps, due to a long-standing toe injury, he joined the England Sevens management team as Assistant Coach under Mike Friday until 2007.On 17 November 2007 the BBC reported that he had been ordered by a civil court to pay £30,000 in compensation for a hand off on French wing Aurelien Rougerie which occurred during a club match between Greening's former club, Wasps, and Montferrand in 2002.