Owen Lane

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Owen Lane
Birth nameOwen Lane
Date of birth (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
School Whitchurch High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Outside Centre
Current team Cardiff Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016- Cardiff Rugby 72 (170)
Correct as of 06 June 2022
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
 
2019-
Wales U20
Wales

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Owen Lane (born 20 December 1997) is a Wales international rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Rugby as a centre or wing.

Contents

Lane made his debut for Cardiff in 2016 having previously played for their academy.

International

In April 2019 Lane was called up to the preliminary squad for Wales for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. [1] Lane made his debut for Wales 31 August 2019 in the starting line up for the world cup warm up match versus Ireland, scoring a try. [2] On 22 October 2019 Lane was called into the Wales world cup squad, replacing the injured Josh Navidi. [3]

International tries

TryOpponentLocationVenueCompetitionDateResult
1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 31 August 2019Loss
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2021 Summer Internationals 17 July 2021Loss

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References

  1. "Rugby World Cup 2019: Wales call up uncapped Carre and Lane to squad". BBC. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. Lane Wales debut
  3. Lane called up