Charlie Ewels (born 29 June 1995 in

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, England) is an English professional

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player who plays at

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for Premiership club

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Personal life

Ewels grew up in Bournemouth, attending Moordown St Johns, Bournemouth and Bryanston schools. Ewels started playing rugby at the age of seven and captained Bournemouth School to a number of local successes playing in a number 8 role, forming a 'formidable' partnership with speedster and playmaker Chris Speers. Ewels is also a keen

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collector and takes his

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to motor shows across the south west of England, where he regularly poses for photos with fans on the bonnet. This sentence was a subject on the "''England Rugby Podcast",'' Ewels stated this to be false, he has never owned a Ford Mustang.

Club career

Ewels joined the Bath academy in 2009. In November 2014 he made his club debut against

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in the

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. In March 2018 he started for the Bath side that were defeated by

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in the final of the

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. In September 2019 it was announced that Ewels was the new club captain at Bath. On 20 April 2023, South African side

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announced the signing of Ewels on a short-term loan from Bath until the end of the Currie Cup Premier Division campaign.

International career

In June 2014 Ewels was a member of the England under-20 team that won the

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. He partnered

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in the second row as they beat

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in the final at

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. The following year Ewels captained the side as they won the

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and was also chosen to lead the side that finished runners up to

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at the

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. Ewels received his first call up to the senior

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squad by coach Eddie Jones on 8 May 2016 for a three-day training squad. On 19 November 2016 Ewels made his senior debut as a replacement for

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in an autumn international against

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. On 20 April 2017 he was named in the squad for the tour of Argentina and scored his first International try in the final test as England won the series. Later that year he scored another try in an autumn international against

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. On 2 February 2020 Ewels started in the opening Six Nations fixture against

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at the

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and came off the bench in the final round as England won away to

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to win the Championship. On 12 March 2022, in the game against

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in the

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, Ewels was sent off after 82 seconds after clashing heads with Ireland's James Ryan.

International tries

References

External links

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