Tom Bowen (rugby union) explained

Birth Date:31 January 1993
Birth Place:Brighton, England
Height:1.75m
Weight:82kg
Clubs1:Plymouth Albion R.F.C.
Years1:2012-
Clubs2:Worthing RFC
Years2:2022-
Repsevensyears1:2014–2022
Repsevensyears2:2021
Ru Sevensupdate:26 July 2021

Tom Bowen (born 31 January 1993) is an English rugby union player.

Brighton born, Bowen took up rugby at the age of six in Lewes. Bowen joined Plymouth Albion in 2012 from Leicester Tigers, originally a centre, he switched to the wing, and scored 6 tries in his first 18 appearances in the RFU Championship,[1] becoming Plymouth’s young player of the season for 2 seasons consecutively. He became Plymouth Albion’s top try-scorer for the 2013-14 season. Bowen made his England Sevens debut on the Gold Coast, Australia in October 2014.[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic Bowen taught rugby and fitness, both online and in schools alongside England teammates such as Megan Jones.[3] In June 2021 he was confirmed as the reserve in the Great Britain Rugby Sevens squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4] He was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[5]

In 2022, Bowen signed for Worthing Rugby Football Club. A team playing in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 East.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plymouth Albion duo sign new deals. May 8, 2013. BBC Sport.
  2. Web site: Tom Bowen. England Rugby.
  3. Web site: Megan Jones Exclusive: England Sevens giving back to the community with online fitness sessions. Joe Harvey Monday 7. December 2020. Talking Rugby Union.
  4. Web site: Team GB rugby sevens squads confirmed for Olympics. England Rugby. 18 June 2021.
  5. Web site: ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED. Englandrugby.com.
  6. worthingrfc . Welcome to both Toms,… . 1574391768249925635 . 2023-06-04 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929111642/https://twitter.com/WorthingRFC/status/1574391768249925635 . Sep 29, 2022 . en.