Tom Bowen (rugby union)

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

Tom Bowen

Date of birth	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012- Plymouth Albion R.F.C. () 2022- Worthing RFC () National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2014–2022 England 7s 2021 Great Britain 7s Correct as of 26 July 2021

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]

References

1. "Plymouth Albion duo sign new deals". BBC Sport. 8 May 2013.
2. "Tom Bowen". England Rugby.
3. December 2020, Joe Harvey Monday 7. "Megan Jones Exclusive: England Sevens giving back to the community with online fitness sessions". Talking Rugby Union.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. "Team GB rugby sevens squads confirmed for Olympics". England Rugby. 18 June 2021.
5. "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com.
6. @worthingrfc (26 September 2022). "Welcome to both Toms,…" (Tweet). from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via Twitter.