Jordan Onojaife | |
Birth Date: | 2 August 1995 |
Birth Place: | Colchester, Essex, England |
Weight: | 121kg (267lb) |
School: | Stowe School |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Currentclub: | Ealing Trailfinders |
Ru Proclubs: | Northampton Saints →Birmingham Moseley →Rotherham Titans →Bedford Blues Ealing Trailfinders Bedford Blues |
Ru Clubcaps: | 6 1 81 11 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (0) |
Ru Clubyears: | 2013–2018 2015–2016 2016–2017 2016–2018 2018–2019 2019- |
Ru Clubupdate: | 6 June 2017 |
Ru Nationalteam: | England U18s England U20s |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2013 2014 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 5 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | 0 0 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 6 June 2017 |
Jordan Onojaife (born 2 August 1995) is a professional rugby union player at Ealing Trailfinders having previously played at Northampton Saints.[1]
After impressing at summer camps at the Midlands club, Onojaife was signed into the Saints Academy and joined Stowe School where he continued his rugby.[2] [3]
The lock began to feature in the Saints second team, the Wanderers, racking up game time in the Aviva 'A' League before making his senior team debut for the club in 2015 as a replacement when Saints faced Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership away from home.[4]
Onojaife also received International call-ups after joining Northampton and was a part of the England U18s side that became the European Champions in 2013 alongside now Saints teammates Howard Packman and Paul Hill.[5]
He was later called into the England U20s for the 2014 Junior World Championships in New Zealand.[6]
Most recently Onojaife helped Saints' second team, the Northampton Wanderers, lift the Aviva 'A' League trophy as the team defeated Gloucester United in the final at Franklin's Gardens to claim the title.[7]
On 30 March 2018, Onojaife would leave Northampton permanently to join RFU Championship side Ealing Trailfinders on a two-year deal from the 2018-19 season.[8]