page_title: Ade Adebisi
hierarchical_section_title: Ade Adebisi
caption_attribution_description: English: ade adebisi signing as brand ambassador for sickle scan
context_page_description: Ade Adebisi, also known by the nickname of "London Flyer", is a British-Nigerian rugby league footballer. He played a representative level for Young Lions against France, and was selected for the 2011 Championship 1 All Stars team at club level for the London Skolars, in 2004's Super League IX for the London Broncos, Hull F.C., Doncaster Lakers, the Featherstone Rovers and Whitehaven in National League One, as a fullback or wing.
  Adebisi suffers from the genetic blood disorder sickle-cell disease and is the only known rugby player ever to play professionally with the condition. He is an ambassador for the Sickle Cell Society and the founder of the Ade Adebisi Sickle Cell Foundation.
  Adebisi also leads the Nigeria rugby league revolution as general manager/vice chairman. The former professional spent two years between 2017 and 2019 working to get the African nation involved with the 13-a-side code for no money. Under his leadership, Nigeria was chosen to host the Middle East Africa rugby league championship in October 2019.
context_section_description: Ade Adebisi (born 1 July 1986), also known by the nickname of "London Flyer", is a British-Nigerian rugby league footballer. He played a representative level for (BARLA) Young Lions against France, and was selected for the 2011 Championship 1 All Stars team at club level for the London Skolars (two spells), in 2004's Super League IX for the London Broncos (Heritage No. 437), Hull F.C. (loan, Academy), Doncaster Lakers (Heritage No. 934), the Featherstone Rovers (Heritage No. 903) and Whitehaven in National League One (reserve grade), as a fullback or wing.
  Adebisi suffers from the genetic blood disorder sickle-cell disease and is the only known rugby player ever to play professionally with the condition. He is an ambassador for the Sickle Cell Society and the founder of the Ade Adebisi Sickle Cell Foundation.
  Adebisi also leads the Nigeria rugby league revolution as general manager/vice chairman. The former professional spent two years between 2017 and 2019 working to get the African nation involved with the 13-a-side code for no money. Under his leadership, Nigeria was chosen to host the Middle East Africa rugby league championship in October 2019.
caption: Ade Adebisi at his signing as the Brand Ambassador for Biomedomics Sickle Scan
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