Will Owen (rugby union)

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Will Owen
Date of birth (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
201317
201516
Leicester Tigers
Doncaster
2
7
0
0
Correct as of 22 May 2017
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 England Under 20s 12 5
Correct as of July 2016

Will Owen (born 30 March 1995) [2] is an English rugby union player.

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Club career

Owen plays flanker. He previously played for Nottingham R.F.C, and Leicester Tigers. On 28 January 2017 Owen made his Tigers debut as a substitute in an Anglo-Welsh Cup match against Northampton Saints and was also an unused substitute against Harlequins in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game in January 2014. He has also played for Doncaster Knights on loan during the 2015-16 RFU Championship season, [3] making 7 appearances for Doncaster during this spell.

International career

Owen represented England Under 20s on 12 occasions and played in the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [4]

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References

  1. "Will Owen". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. "Will Owen". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Knights receive Tigers boost". Doncaster Knights. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "Young Gun: Will Owen – England U20s and Leicester openside". The Rugby Paper. Retrieved 6 August 2016.