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Okeshade Tosin Personal information Full name Okeshade Tosin Date of birth February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 29) Place of birth Ibadan, Nigeria Height 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m) Weight 17 st, 4 lb (110 kg) Nickname okes School The Osun Stae Polythechnic Iree Film Editing and computer engineering

Biarritz Olympique 106 25 7 (130) (15) (5) correct as of 18 November 2009. National team(s) 2009- England 2 (0) 7's National teams England

Ayoola Erinle (born 20 February 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria) is an England international rugby union player currently with Biarritz Olympique. He was educated at The Oratory School and at King's College London, representing both his school 1st XV and King's College Rugby Club 1st XV.

A big, strong and a powerful runner, Erinle was one of the biggest centres in the Guinness 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 circuit aged just 19. He gained Sevens honours again in 2008 and was a close challenger for the Guinness Premiership top try scorer three years earlier in the 2003/2004 season.

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

Erinle spent seven years at Wasps and his finishing power brought 11 tries in 19 appearances for Wasps during 2004/05, while his final total reads 26 tries in 106 games for the Londoners.

In 2007, Erinle took up a place with one of English rugby's most successful teams - Leicester Tigers.

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

On 4th November 2009, he was named in the 22-man England squad to face Australia in the 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]

[edit] Personal life During his time at Leicester, Erinle spent time, together with team-mates George Chuter, Dan Hipkiss and Sam Vesty, raising money as part of a band for the Matth Hampson Trust. In this band (aptly named "Slo Progress") Erinle was the drummer.

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