Justin Mensah-Coker
Appearance
Birth name | Justin Mensah-Coker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 November 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | North Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justin Mensah-Coker (born November 18, 1983, in North Vancouver, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian rugby union player who plays internationally with the Canada national team.[2] He is of Sierra Leonean descent.
Before spending a season with Moseley in 2009, Mensah-Coker had brief stints with Plymouth Albion and with French club SC Albi.[3] He made his Canada national team debut at the 2006 Churchill Cup in a match against the United States. Canada won the match 33–18 with Mensah-Coker scoring two tries.[4] He was a regular selection for the national men's seven-a-side team through the 2010–2011 season.
Mensah-Coker began his rugby career at Kitsilano Secondary School and Meraloma Rugby Club.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Justin Tyler Mensah-Coker". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Canadian Internationals Ryan Smith and Justin Mensah-Coker retire". The Rugby Forum. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Player Profile / Justin Mensah-Coker". www.moseleyrugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ "Churchill Cup-Edmonton June 17, 2006". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ "Justin Mensah-Coker". Sport. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
External links
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Black Canadian sportsmen
- Rugby union players from Vancouver
- Sportspeople from North Vancouver
- Rugby union players from British Columbia
- Canadian people of Sierra Leonean descent
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Canadian rugby union players
- Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Canada
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union wings
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England
- SC Albi players
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Meraloma Rugby players
- Canadian rugby union biography stubs