Foresaken Niko owes so much to Trailfinders

■By JON NEWCOMBE

New chance: Elijah Niko

FOR individuals less forgiving than Ealing wing Elijah Niko, grudge matches wouldn’t come much bigger than today’s Championship encounter with Yorkshire Carnegie.
Niko was one of the nine ex-Carnegie players who had their contracts ripped up and their lives turned upside down earlier this year when the club were unable to meet their financial obligations and entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).
Finding himself without employment and separated from his young family, Niko admits he was in a dark place until Ealing ...

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