Adedayo Adeyemi Adebayo (born 30 November 1970 in Ibadan, Nigeria) 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 it ...

footballer, who played on the

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for

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8 times between 1996 and 1998. He played club rugby for Bath and

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and then went on to coach the Scottish-based sevens side, Bone Steelers. He started for Bath in the victorious

1998 Heineken Cup Final The 1998 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1997–98 Heineken Cup, the third season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 31 January 1998 at the Stade du Parc Lescure in Bordeaux. The match was conteste ...

as they defeated Brive.

Career

Adebayo made his international debut on 23 November 1996 against

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, a match which England went on to win 54-21. His final appearance in an England shirt was on 22 March 1998 against Scotland. He was a member of the England sevens squad which won the inaugural World Cup Sevens in Scotland in 1993. He turned and twisted to bring off a memorable tackle, that helped England reach the final. He is the CEO and founder of Premier Lifestyle, a corporate hospitality company based in England.

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Bone SteelersParma RugbyBath Rugby
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adebayo, Adedayo 1970 births Living people English rugby union players Rugby union wings Bath Rugby players England international rugby union players Black British sportsmen English sportspeople of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Ibadan Southland rugby union players England international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players