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Asher Opoku-Fordjour (born 16 July 2004) is an English rugby union player who plays as a prop forward for Sale Sharks and the England national rugby union team.




Early life


Born in Coventry, the youngest of four brothers, he moved when he was 16 years old to Oxford, where he attended City of Oxford College. Opoku-Fordjour had started playing rugby union at 10 years of age for Broadstreet Rugby Club and initially played on the wing, before moving to flanker, hooker, and then prop. He was let go from the Worcester Warriors academy in his teens.




Career


Opoku-Fordjour played rugby for Kenilworth RFC in Warwickshire and played for the academy side of Wasps RFC. However, after Wasps disbanded due to financial reasons, he joined Sale Sharks in November 2022. He played on loan in the National Rugby League with both Stourbridge and Sedgley Tigers during the 2022–23 season. He made his debut for Sale in the Premiership Rugby Cup at the start of the 2023–24 season. He made his Rugby Premiership debut for Sale against Newcastle Falcons on 17 November 2023.
Opoku-Fordjour was voted the RPA's 15 under 23 MVP of the month for December 2023.




International career


Opoku-Fordjour is an English U20 international and played at the U20 Rugby World Cup in 2023. Opoku-Fordjour won the 2024 U20 Six Nations Championship with England, starting all five games in the front row. He was part of the England U20 side that won the 2024 World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa. In November 2024, he was called-up to the England A national rugby union team. He made his debut for England A on the 17th November 2024 against the Australia A at the Twickenham Stoop. He was also added to the senior England team in the same month. He was named amongst the replacements for the England Autumn international against Japan on 24 November 2024.




Personal life


Opoku-Fordjour has Ghanaian heritage with family living in Accra.




References

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