Birth Name: | Nathan Shane Fowles |
Birth Date: | 1993 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rochdale, England |
Weight: | 87kg (192lb) |
Ru Currentposition: | Scrum-half |
Ru Currentteam: | Edinburgh |
Ru Position: | Scrum-half |
Ru Provinceyears: | 2012 |
Ru Provincecaps: | 1 |
Ru Provincepoints: | (0) |
Ru Clubyears: | 2011–2015 2011–2012 2015 2015–2019 2019– |
Ru Proclubs: | Sale Sharks Edinburgh Ealing Trailfinders |
Ru Clubcaps: | 26 19 6 68 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (126) (0) (43) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 29 March 2019 |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2012–2013 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 25 October 2014 |
Nathan Shane Fowles (born 8 April 1993 in Rochdale, England) is a professional rugby union player who plays Scrum-half for Ealing Trailfinders in the English RFU Championship.
Fowles progressed through the Sale Sharks academy and made his first ten appearances for the club while still a teenager.[1] While on loan to Preston Grasshoppers during the 2011–12 season, he was named in the National League 2 North Team of the Year.[1] He subsequently spent the summer of 2012 at Border Bulldogs competing in the under-21 Currie Cup.[1] In March 2013, Fowles scored the winning try against Saracens in the semi-final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup.[2] He started the defeat against Harlequin F.C. in the final.[3]
In February 2015, Fowles joined Edinburgh on loan.[4] In April 2015 the deal was made permanent.[5] In May 2015, Fowles was an unused substitute in the final of the European Challenge Cup against Gloucester.[6]
It was confirmed in March 2019 that Fowles would be leaving Edinburgh at the end of the season to join RFU Championship side Ealing Trailfinders on a two-year deal.[7]
Fowles represented England under-20 in the 2013 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[8] In October 2016, Fowles received his first call up to the senior Scotland squad by coach Gregor Townsend for the Autumn Internationals.[9] He is Scottish qualified through his Edinburgh born grandfather.[10]