Maro Itoje

Personal information

Full name

Oghenemaro Miles Itoje

Date of birth

28 October 1994 (age 22)

Place of birth

Camden, London

Height

1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)

School

Salcombe Preparatory School
St George's School, Harpenden
Harrow School

Club information

Position

Lock, Flanker

Current club

Saracens

Youth clubs

Years	Club
2005–11	Harpenden RFC; Saracens Academy Old Albanian RFC

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
2013–	Saracens	62 (20)

Representative teams**

2014
2015
2016–

England U18s
England U20s
England Saxons
England

10 (20)
14(0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 15 February 2015.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 4 February 2017.

Maro Itoje (born 28 October 1994) is an English rugby union player who currently represents Saracens in the Aviva Premiership and the England national rugby union team. He has been nicknamed "Super Maro".

Maro Itoje was born in Camden, London on 28 October 1994 to Nigerian parents. In terms of education, Itoje attended Salcombe Preparatory School in Southgate, North London at a primary level, before moving to St George's School, Harpenden, an independent boarding school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and later Harrow School in the outer reaches of Greater London. He is currently reading for a Politics degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Bloomsbury, London. As a schoolboy, Itoje played several sports including basketball, football, rugby and athletics, for which he represented England at U17 level in shot put.

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 (second row). In 2016 he led Saracens to the European Champions Cup final against Racing Metro 92 which they won 21–9 with Itoje picking up the man of the match award.

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