| Date of birth | 18 March 2005 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Barker College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aden Ekanayake (born 18 March 2005) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays for the Australia national rugby sevens team.
He played for Australia at the Global Youth Sevens in 2022 and played club rugby for Gordon RFC in New South Wales as well as for NSW Waratahs academy. He played for the Sydney Junior team and the Australian Schools and under-18 national team in 2023. [3] [4] [5] He appeared five times at the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa in 2024 as a flanker. [6]
After travelling as a reserve for the 2023-24 SVNS, he made his debut for the Australia national rugby sevens team at the Dubai Sevens in 2024, and then also played at the South Africa Sevens in Cape Town, part of the 2024-25 SVNS series. [3] He scored an injury time try to help gain victory for Australia against South Africa in the semi-finals of the 2025 Australia Sevens in Perth, in January 2025. [7] In May 2025, he was nominated for Rookie of the Year for 2024-25. [8] In June 2025, he was named in the Australia U20 squad for the World Rugby U20 Championships in Italy. [9]
He was born in Sydney, Australia and attended Barker College. He is of Sri Lankan descent through his father who was born on the island prior to moving to Australia. [10]