Adam Radwan | |
Birth Name: | Adam Belal A. Radwan |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1997 |
Birth Place: | Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, England |
Height: | 1.790NaN0 |
Weight: | 86kg (190lb) |
Ru Position: | Winger |
Ru Nationalteam: | England |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2021– |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (20) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 16 November 2021 |
Ru Clubyears: | 2016– 2016–2018 |
Ru Proclubs: | Newcastle Falcons → Darlington Mowden Park |
Ru Clubcaps: | 57 34 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (205) (110) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 31 January 2022 |
Ru Currentclub: | Newcastle Falcons |
School: | Hartlepool Sixth Form College |
Adam Radwan (born 30 December 1997) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a winger for Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby.[1]
In his early rugby days Adam Radwan played for Middlesbrough R.U.F.C. Due to Billingham R.U.F.C. being in a higher league, he decided to transfer there>Winger Adam Radwan re-joined the Falcons' senior academy in the summer of 2017 after a string of impressive performances for the A-Team and in the Premiership 7s.[2] The former Billingham RUFC, Middlesbrough RUFC and Hartlepool Sixth Form College man is renowned for his pace and finishing ability.[2] He is of Egyptian ancestry.[3]
A star for the Falcons in the 2016 Singha 7s, Radwan spent the latter part of the 2016-17 season with National League 1 side Darlington Mowden Park, having made his Falcons first team debut in the Anglo-Welsh Cup trip to Saracens.[2] Radwan's progress continued during the 2017-18 campaign, during which he won the Anglo-Welsh Cup Breakthrough Player Award. His pace and evasive running saw him as the top try-scorer during the European Rugby Challenge Cup, including back-to-back hat-tricks against Enisei-STM.[2] Radwan made his Premiership debut during 2017-18, capping off a memorable year by winning Falcons' Academy Player of the Season and helping the Falcons to the final of the World Club 10s in Mauritius. During 2018-19 Radwan scored his first Premiership try during an away game at Bristol Bears, and also scored his first Heineken Champions Cup try away to Edinburgh.[2] Helping the Falcons to promotion from the RFU Championship during the 2019-20 campaign with a string of eye-catching tries, he continued his progression with seven tries in 11 games during the 2020-21 season, earning a call-up for England's 2021 summer internationals.[4]
On 29 November 2024, he scored a try off the bench against Saracens helping them to only their second win of the season and their first win over their opposition since 2009.[5]
On 10 July 2021 Radwan made his full England debut and scored a hat-trick of tries in a 70-14 victory against Canada at Twickenham.[6]
On 18 October 2021 he was named in England's squad for the 2021 Autumn Nations Series.[7] Radwan started on the wing in England's first game of the series against Tonga, scoring a try in the third minute as part of England's 69-3 win.[8]
Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | Score | |
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1 | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2021 July rugby union tests | Win | 70 – 14 | |||
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4 | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2021 Autumn Nations Series | 6 November 2021 | Win | 69 – 3 |