Eniola 'Eni' Gesinde is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer and current Newcastle Falcons senior academy member. Eni was born in

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, 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 Michael John "Mike" Friday (born April 25, 1972) has been the head coach of the United States national rugby sevens team since summer 2014. Friday was appointed head coach after the U.S. coach for the 2013–14 season, Matt Hawkins, was asked to ...

. 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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Newcastle profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gesinde, Eni Alumni of Northumbria University 1982 births Living people English rugby union players Newcastle Falcons players English people of Nigerian descent Black British sportspeople Rugby union locks