Eni Gesinde | |
Birth Name: | Eniola Gesinde |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1982 |
Birth Place: | Lagos, Nigeria |
Weight: | 15 st 8 lb (99 kg) |
School: | Woodhouse Grove School |
University: | Northumbria University |
Ru Currentteam: | Newcastle Falcons |
Ru Position: | Lock / Flanker |
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Youthclubs1: | Darlington Mowden Park |
Ru Clubyears: | 2006 ‐ |
Ru Proclubs: | Leeds Tykes Newcastle Falcons |
Ru Clubcaps: | 8 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) |
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Ru Nationalyears: | |
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Repsevensteam1: | England |
Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a rugby union footballer and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member.
Eni was born in Lagos, Nigeria, before moving to England as a child.[1] He represented Yorkshire at U-18s level before joining the Newcastle Falcons academy.[1] 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.