David Akinluyi

David Akinluyi
Birth nameDavid Akinluyi
Date of birth (1984-02-10) 10 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthIlesa, Nigeria
SchoolSaint Olave's Grammar School
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Northampton Saints ()

David Akinluyi (born 10 February 1984, in Ilesa, Nigeria) is a rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the Northampton Saints.

Career

Akinluyi played rugby while a pupil at St Olave's Grammar School and then at the University of Cambridge. He scored a try for Cambridge in the Varsity Match against Oxford in 2005.

Although not unusual for an ex-professional to play in a varsity match, Akinluyi was controversially picked to play for Cambridge in the December 2006 fixture despite the fact that he was a full-time professional.[1] He was, however, removed from the team sheet the afternoon before the game. His younger brother Didi Akinluyi played for Cambridge in the U21 varsity game that year [2]

Due to a variety of injuries he left Northampton in 2007 without ever making his full debut [3] Since then he has joined Oliver Wyman, a management consultancy specialising in the financial sector.[citation needed]

He played for Old Olavians RFC from 2007-9 before joining the Birmingham and Solihull Bees on a non-contract basis for the 2009/2010.

He has been selected in the Help for Heroes squad for the 2009 Middlesex Sevens (as David Akinlui) [3]

He is in the 2009/2010 England Sevens Training Squad [4]

He is the current Captain of the Nigerian national team.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Cambridge call on professional help". The Daily Telegraph. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ [2][permanent dead link‍].
  4. ^ "International Rugby Board - News". Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Nigeria's Rugby Team Leaves for African Tourney in Botswana, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2012.