Full name Eniola Gesinde Name Eni Gesinde | Weight 15 st 8 lb (99 kg) Height 1.93 m | |
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Date of birth (1982-11-25) 25 November 1982 (age 33) Education | ||
Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a rugby player and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member.
Eni was born in Lagos, 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.