Birth name | Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. Olowofela [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [2] | 17 April 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Lincoln Minster School Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Ryan Olowofela (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. "Jordan" Olowofela (born 17 April 1998) [1] is an English rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Nottingham. He previously played for Leicester Tigers, [2] in Premiership Rugby and on loan for Loughborough Students in National League 1, Western Force in Australia's Super Rugby AU and Dragons in the URC, and for England Under-20s.
Olowofela was named as part of the Leicester Tigers team for the 2015 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series. [4] Olowofela made his debut for Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Bath Rugby in November 2017. [5] On 27 January 2018 Olowofela scored his first try for Leicester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Cardiff Blues. [6]
Olowofela was named in the England U20s Elite Player Squad for the 2017–18 season, [7] and on 2 February 2018 made his debut from the bench against Italy in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship. [8] In the next fixture he scored a try against Wales. [9]
In May 2018, Olowofela was included in the squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [10] He scored twice in the final as England finished runners up to hosts France. [11]
On 23 September 2018 Olowofela started his first Premiership Rugby match for Leicester against Worcester Warriors and the same day was invited to a training camp with the senior England squad by Eddie Jones after a number of injury withdrawals. [12]
On 1 March 2021, Olowofela joined the Western Force, based in Perth, Western Australia on loan for the 2021 Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competitions. [13] In only his third game for the franchise, Olowofela scored a hat-trick of tries in the defeat of the previously unbeaten Queensland Reds to send the Force into their first ever finals campaign. [14]
On 2 September Olowofela joined Newport based Dragons on a season-long loan. [15] His release from Leicester was announced on 19 July 2022, with Olowofela joining RFU Championship side Nottingham. [16]
Olowofela has an identical twin brother, Ryan Olowofela, who has represented England 7s. [17] Olowofela attended Lincoln Minster School on a sports scholarship and was also a talented squash player as well as playing in Nottingham Forest's academy. [17]
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