Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
footballer and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member.
Eni was born in
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
, before moving to England as a child.
He represented Yorkshire at U-18s level before joining the Newcastle Falcons academy.
[ Using his natural power and pace he scored a number of tries for the Development team.
Eni has captained the Falcons development team on a number of occasions and has recently led the Newcastle Falcons sevens team to a hat trick of victories in the Scottish Borders sevens, winning the Hawick, Melrose and Langham sevens titles with Gesinde playing an integral role throughout.
On 4 September 2006, Eni was named as part of the extended England sevens squad for the 06/07 season by Mike Friday.
On Sunday 17 September Eni made his Newcastle Falcons 1st team debut, coming off the bench in the 72nd minute during the 44-20 defeat to Saracens.
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References
External links
Newcastle profile
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Alumni of Northumbria University
1982 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Newcastle Falcons players
English people of Nigerian descent
Sportspeople of Nigerian descent
Black British sportsmen
Rugby union locks
21st-century British sportsmen