Topsy Ojo

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Topsy Ojo (born 28 July 1985) is a rugby union player currently playing for London Irish. He became a full member of the squad in April 2006, and now plays wing.

[edit] Career

Ojo was born in Tottenham, London. He started to play rugby at Dartford Grammar School at the age of eleven, as well as going on to captain the 1st XV. He also represented Kent and London & South-East Schools at both U16 and U18. After he starting playing some under-19 trial matches and being recommended for the London Irish Academy he went on to join the Sunbury based Academy in July 2003.

He made his English club debut in September 2005 in a match against Bristol. By April 2006 he had joined the full London Irish squad, and now plays wing. He has also been a member of the England Intermediate National Academy at Bath, where he was coached by Brian Ashton and his colleagues, and went onto represent England at the under-19 2003 Six Nations, as well as the FIRA World Cup Championships. He also went onto play for the under-21 English team.

Topsy has been tipped to replace Tom Varndell as "the hottest young finisher" by the BBC. He finished the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership season with 14 games in the starting lineup with 7 tries. Despite only being at the club a few years, he has quickly become a firm favourite with the crowd. Ojo scored a try in the London Irish's first premiership game of the 2006–07 season, in which they defeated promoted Harlequins at Twickenham.