Maro Itoje
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| Full name | Oghenemaro Miles Itoje | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 October 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (240 lb; 17 st 5 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||
| School | Salcombe Preparatory School St George's School, Harpenden Harrow School | ||||||||||||
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Maro Itoje (born 28 October 1994) is an English rugby union player for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership and for England.
Background
Born in Camden, London on 28 October 1994, to Nigerian parents.[2] He went to Salcombe Preparatory School and later St George's School, Harpenden and Harrow School. He is currently reading for a Politics degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies. As a schoolboy, Itoje played several sports including basketball, football, rugby and athletics, for which he represented England at U17 level in shot put.[3]
Club career
His senior debut for Saracens came against Cardiff Blues in the 2013–14 season, aged 19, in the Anglo-Welsh Cup. He made his Aviva Premiership debut against Leicester Tigers later in the same season. Prior to this he played for Harpenden RFC at junior level (2005-11) then played in the first team at Old Albanian RFC, usually as a lock.
International career
Having previously represented England at U18 and captained the England U20 team in the 2013-14 season, he scored a try in every 2014 Under-20 Six Nations game and was England’s Man of the Tournament.
Itoje was called up to the England Saxons squad on 21 January 2015 [4][4] and made his debut in the game against Ireland Wolfhounds on 30 January 2015. Itoje was selected for the England 2015 Rugby World Cup training squad.[5]
Itoje received his first call-up to the senior England squad by new coach Eddie Jones on 13 January 2016 for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.[6] He later went on to make his first-team debut against Italy and was named man of the match for his performace in the win against Wales on 12 March 2016.
References
- ^ "Profile". RFU. 21 January 2015.
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- ^ "England's new thinking man's enforcer". ESPN SCRUM. 19 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Maro Itoje: England Saxons call delights Saracens forward". BBC. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "England announce Rugby World Cup training group". englandrugby.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Six Nations 2016: Josh Beaumont in new-look England squad". BBC. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.