Ewan Ashman

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Ewan Ashman
Full nameEwan Philip Fraser Ashman
Date of birth (2000-04-03) 3 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight113 kg (249 lb; 17 st 11 lb)
School Sandbach School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Edinburgh Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2018 Sandbach 5 (10)
2018–2023 Sale Sharks 54 (70)
2019 → Sale (loan) 2 (0)
2021 → Coventry (loan) 1 (5)
2023– Edinburgh Rugby 19 (20)
Correct as of 29 May 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019–2020 Scotland U20 15 (55)
2021– Scotland 21 (40)
Correct as of 11 November 2024

Ewan Philip Fraser Ashman (born 3 April 2000) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh Rugby.

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Professional career

Club

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Ashman started playing rugby at Sandbach RUFC. [1] First playing as a centre or a back row, Ashman eventually became a hooker.

He made his senior debut for the Cheshire’s club in Midlands Premier during the 2017–18 season, [2] also joining Sale Sharks academy in 2017. [3]

He joined the Sharks' professional squad ahead of the 2018–19 seasons. [4] [5]

During the next season he was first loaned to Edinburgh as players had left for the World Cup, but never managed to make his professional debut, being blocked by Dave Cherry, Cammy Fenton and Mike Willemse, [1] [3] eventually ending up playing in National League 1 with Sale FC. [6]

Back with the Sharks, Ashman made his Premiership debuts on the 5 September 2020, coming on as a substitute against Leicester Tigers, in the late post-covid break 2019–20 Premiership Rugby. [7]

On 22 November 2021 it was announced that Ashman would join Glasgow Warriors on loan. He returned to Sale Sharks four days later due to an injury crisis. [8]

International

He played for Scotland since the under 16s, qualifying through his Edinburgh-born father. [1] [3] The young hooker first made the headlines with Scotland U20s, playing the Six Nations and the World championship, where despite Scotland's disappointing run, he appeared as a great prospect, scoring 7 tries and finishing as the world tournament top try scorer. [1] [3] [9] [10]

During the winter, he also took part in the 2020 U20 Six Nations, [11] starting all of Scotland five games, and becoming the top try scorer as his team ended second in this unfinished edition standings. [12] [13]

In the 2020–21 season he earned his first call-ups for the Scotland senior team under Gregor Townsend, both during the Autumn Nations Cup [14] and before the 2021 Six Nations. [15] He earned his first cap and scored his first international try on 7 November 2021 at Murrayfield in a closely won victory over Australia after coming on as an early substitute for George Turner. [16] In 2023 Ashman was selected in the 33 player squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. [17]

Career statistics

List of international tries

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 November 2021 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, ScotlandFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12–1015–13 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals
216 July 2022 Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, ArgentinaFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 12–1034–31 2022 mid-year rugby union internationals
319–13
47 October 2023 Stade de France, Paris, FranceIRFU flag.svg  Ireland 36–536–14 2023 Rugby World Cup
512 July 2024 Audi Field, Washington DC, United States of AmericaFlag of the United States.svg  United States 12–042–7 2024 mid-year rugby union tests
619–0
726–7
827 July 2024 Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UruguayFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 5-031–19 2024 mid-year rugby union tests

as of 12 July 2024

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  2. ↑ "Ewan Ashman profile". sandbachrufc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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  7. ↑ "Tuilagi try in Sale win over Leicester". BBC Sport . 5 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "@EwanAshman2 has been recalled from his loan at @GlasgowWarriors to act as injury cover for Curtis Langdon". SaleSharksRugby Twitter .
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  15. ↑ Scott, Steve (20 January 2021). "Cameron Redpath – son of former captain Bryan – chooses Scotland over England ahead of Six Nations". The Courier . Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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