Ayoola Erinle

Ayoola Erinle
Birth name Ayoola Erinle
Date of birth (1980-02-20) 20 February 1980
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)
Weight 16 st (102 kg)
School The Oratory School
University King's College London
Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002 ‐ 2007
2007 ‐ 2009		 King's College Rugby Club
Henley Hawks
Reading RFC
Loughborough Students RUFC		 ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2000–2007
2007–2009
2009–2011
2011–2012
2012–		 London Wasps
Leicester Tigers
Biarritz Olympique
Nottingham
US Carcassonne		 106
23
21
22
9		 (130)
(25)
(5)
(30)
(20)
Correct as of 5 December 2012
Current local club US Carcassonne
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009 England 2 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps

Ayoola Erinle (born 20 February 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria) is known for being an England international rugby union player. He was educated at The Oratory School and at King's College London, representing both his school's 1st XV and the King's College Rugby Club's 1st XV. He played professional rugby for clubs such as Wasps RFC, Leicester Tigers and Biarritz Olympique, and later worked his way through the ranks to represent England in 2009. In 2013, upon retirement, Erinle returned to education, studying Engineering Physics at Loughborough University where he achieved a First Class master's degree.

Career

A big, strong and a powerful runner, Erinle was one of the biggest centres in the Premiership. He was a member of the England Saxons side that won the 2007 Churchill Cup, having already represented his country at that level in 2005 and 2006, as well as on the England Sevens on the rugby sevens circuit aged just 19. He gained Sevens honours again in 2008 and was a close challenger for the Premiership top try scorer three years earlier in the 2003-04 Zurich Premiership.

Before joining London Wasps in 2000, Erinle played for local team Reading RFC.

Erinle spent seven years at Wasps and his finishing power brought eleven tries in nineteen appearances for Wasps during the 2004–05 season, while his final total reads 26 tries in 106 games for the club.

In 2007, Erinle joined the Leicester Tigers.

In 2009 it was announced the Erinle had signed with French team Biarritz Olympique.

On 4 November 2009, he was named in the 22-man England squad to face Australia in the 2009 Autumn internationals.[1] After winning his first cap as a replacement against Australia, Erinle was named in the starting XV for the game against the All Blacks.[2]

In August 2011 he joined Nottingham in the Aviva Championship, joining up with Director of Rugby Glenn Delaney for a second spell.

In August 2012 he joined US Carcassonne in the Pro D2.[3]

Personal life

During his time at Leicester, Erinle and teammates George Chuter, Dan Hipkiss and Sam Vesty, performed as a band to raise money for the Matt Hampson Trust. In this band (named "Slo Progress") Erinle was the drummer.

In October 2003, Erinle appeared three times as a contestant on British game show Countdown.

References

  1. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | England pick Wilkinson & Thompson". BBC News. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "BBC Sport – Rugby Union – England call-up for Erinle & Shaw". BBC News. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ayoola Erinle Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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