Jordan Olowofela | |
Birth Name: | Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. Olowofela[1] |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1998[2] |
Birth Place: | Hull, England |
Weight: | 92kg (203lb) |
School: | Lincoln Minster School Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College |
Relatives: | Ryan Olowofela (brother) |
Position: | Wing |
Currentclub: | Leicester Tigers |
Youthyears1: | ??? |
Youthclubs1: | Newark RFC |
Youthyears2: | 2014–2017 |
Youthclubs2: | Leicester Tigers |
Years1: | 2017–2022 |
Clubs1: | Leicester Tigers[3] |
Apps1: | 41 |
Points1: | 30 |
Years2: | 2016–2018 |
Clubs2: | Loughborough Students[4] |
Apps2: | 22 |
Points2: | 50 |
Years3: | 2021 |
Clubs3: | Western Force (loan) |
Apps3: | 10 |
Points3: | 25 |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs4: | Dragons (loan) |
Apps4: | 8 |
Points4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2022 |
Clubs5: | Nottingham |
Totalyears: | 2016– |
Totalapps: | 81 |
Totalpoints: | 105 |
Clubupdate: | 19 July 2022 |
Repyears1: | 2018 |
Repteam1: | England Under-20s |
Repcaps1: | 10 |
Reppoints1: | 30 |
Repupdate: | 17 June 2018 |
Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. "Jordan" Olowofela (born 17 April 1998)[1] is an English rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Nottingham. He previously played for Leicester Tigers,[5] in Premiership Rugby and on loan for Loughborough Students in National League 1, Western Force in Australia's Super Rugby AU and Dragons in the URC, and for England Under-20s.
Olowofela was named as part of the Leicester Tigers team for the 2015 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series.[6] Olowofela made his debut for Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Bath Rugby in November 2017.[7] On 27 January 2018 Olowofela scored his first try for Leicester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Cardiff Blues.[8]
Olowofela was named in the England U20s Elite Player Squad for the 2017–18 season,[9] and on 2 February 2018 made his debut from the bench against Italy in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship.[10] In the next fixture he scored a try against Wales.[11]
In May 2018, Olowofela was included in the squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[12] He scored twice in the final as England finished runners up to hosts France.[13]
On 23 September 2018 Olowofela started his first Premiership Rugby match for Leicester against Worcester Warriors and the same day was invited to a training camp with the senior England squad by Eddie Jones after a number of injury withdrawals.[14]
On 1 March 2021, Olowofela joined the Western Force, based in Perth, Western Australia on loan for the 2021 Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competitions.[15] In only his third game for the franchise, Olowofela scored a hat-trick of tries in the defeat of the previously unbeaten Queensland Reds to send the Force into their first ever finals campaign.[16]
On 2 September Olowofela joined Newport based Dragons on a season-long loan.[17] His release from Leicester was announced on 19 July 2022, with Olowofela joining RFU Championship side Nottingham.[18]
Olowofela has an identical twin brother, Ryan Olowofela, who has represented England 7s.[19] Olowofela attended Lincoln Minster School on a sports scholarship and was also a talented squash player as well as playing in Nottingham Forest's academy.[19]