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| Full name | Rio-Osayomwanbo Corkill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-09-29) 29 September 2002 (age 22) Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rio-Osayomwanbo Corkill (born 29 September 2002) is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a second-row forward for Whitehaven RLFC in the RFL Championship.
He previously played for St Helens in the Super League.
Playing career
St Helens
Corkill made his first team début for Saints in August 2022 against the Wakefield Trinity .
Whitehaven RLFC
On 26 September 2023 it was reported that he had signed for Whitehaven R.L.F.C. in the RFL Championship.
Representative
In 2022, Corkill represented Nigeria at the 2022 MEA Rugby League Championship. He played in both matches which Nigeria won to retain the title.
References
- Rugby League Project
- https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/rio-osayomwanbo-corkill/summary.html
- "Castleford 30 St Helens 10 - Tired Tigers good enough to see off youthful champions". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- "RIO CORKILL JOINS WHITEHAVEN". Barrow Raiders. 26 Sep 2023. Retrieved 14 Jan 2024.
- "Hosts Ghana face holders Nigeria in Middle East Africa Championship Final". European Rugby League. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- "Nigeria retain Middle East Africa Championship & Kenya gain first win". European Rugby League. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Barrow Raiders players
- English rugby league players
- Nigeria national rugby league team players
- Rugby league players from Barrow-in-Furness
- Rugby league second-rows
- St Helens R.F.C. players
- Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players
- English rugby league biography stubs