Tom Bowen (rugby union, born 1993)

This article is about rugby union player (born 1993). For rugby union player born 2005, see Tom Bowen (rugby union, born 2005).

Tom Bowen (born 31 January 1993) is an English rugby union player. He represented Great Britain at Rugby Sevens.

Tom Bowen

Date of birth	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32)
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 teams Years Team Comps 2014–2022 England 7s 2021 Great Britain 7s Correct as of 26 July 2021

Career

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 in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 East.^[6]