Jimmy Bowen | |
Full Name: | Daniel St James Bowen |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1957 |
Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1977 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Daniel St James Bowen (born 11 February 1957) is an Irish former rugby union international.[1]
Bowen was born and raised in Cork, attending Presentation Brothers College.[2]
A winger, Bowen was capped three times for Ireland in the 1977 Five Nations Championship, aged 19 at the time of his debut against Wales.[3] The following year, he was part of the Munster side that beat the touring All Blacks, with his line break setting up the game's only try.[4] He had six knee operations during an injury plagued career, which was spent with Cork Constitution, Lansdowne, and St Mary's College.[5]