Abi Ekoku

Abi Ekoku

Abi Ekoku is a rugby league manager and former player. He also won the British title in the men's discus in 1990.

Ekoku switched from discus to rugby league when he joined the then London Crusaders RLFC in 1990, as a winger. This was a part-time role, as he also lectured.

His playing career also took him to Bradford Bulls.

He was the manager of the Great Britain national rugby league team, [The Guardian, Sport, 31/10/07, p.10] before leaving the post on 20 November, 2007. cite news
title = Ekoku ends tenure as GB manager
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7104023.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2007-11-20
accessdate = 2007-11-20
]

Ekoku's brother, Efan, had a notable career as a footballer for Norwich City, Wimbledon and the Nigeria national football team.

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