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Tom Bowen (born 31 January 1993) is an English rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 31 January 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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