Maro Itoje

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Oghenemaro Miles Itoje (professionally known as Maro Itoje) is a world class rugby player for England. He previously was nominated as one of the man of the matches in the amazing match of New Zealand vs England and played extremely well.

Why is he my sporting hero?

Maro Itoje is my sporting hero

because he is one of England's

most valuable players and is

one of the GOATs for that

international team. He is

globally ranked 6th trailing

short behind England's fine

captain: Owen Farrell.

he is described as a

hard-working team member

and an outstanding team

leader.

What do I admire about Itoje?

I admire his leadership qualities, his way of winning the ruck, his way of pushing his opponents out of the way and his outstanding way of winning the ball from the line-out. These are all hard things to be good at and he makes it look it easy.

What school values has he demonstrated?

Maro Itoje has demonstrated: Determination, as he had to train and train to become a world class rugby player and Dreaming Big, as he started of as a politics collage degree boy and now he is an amazing rugby player for England.

What can you learn from his actions?

To never give up, as he was always told that he was just a collage boy, and Don't let anyone bring you down.

FUN FACTS He is almost 2m tall (1.95m) !

He has said

"When you win things with people you care about, people who you have a genuine interest in and people who have had a big impact on your life, its made even sweeter"