Ewan Ashman (born 3 April 2000) is a

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international

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player. He plays for

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. He plays at hooker.

Career

Club

Born in

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, Ashman started playing rugby at

Sandbach RUFC Sandbach RUFC is a rugby union team based in the Cheshire town of Sandbach. It operates four Senior sides, Junior and Senior Colts and ten Mini/Junior teams.

. First playing as a

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or a back row, Ashman eventually became a hooker. He made his senior debut for the

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’s club in

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during the 2017–18 season, also joining

academy in 2017. He joined the Sharks' professional squad ahead of the 2018–19 seasons. During the next season he was first loaned to

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as players had left for the

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, but never managed to make his professional debut, being blocked by Dave Cherry, Cammy Fenton and Mike Willemse, eventually ending up playing in

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with Sale FC. Back with the Sharks, Ashman made his Premiership debuts on the 5 September 2020, coming on as a substitute against

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

, in the late post-covid break

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. On 22 November 2021 it was announced that Ashman would join

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on loan. He returned to Sale Sharks four days later due to an injury crisis.

International

He played for Scotland since the under 16s, qualifying through his Edinburgh-born father. The young hooker first made the headlines with Scotland U20s, playing the Six Nations and the

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, where despite Scotland's disappointing run, he appeared as a great prospect, scoring 7 tries and finishing as the world tournament top try scorer. During the winter, he also took part in the 2020 U20 Six Nations, starting all of

five games, and becoming the top try scorer as his team ended second in this unfinished edition standings. In the 2020–21 season he earned his first call-ups for the Scotland senior team under

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, both during the

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and before the 2021 Six Nations. He earned his first cap and scored his first international try on 7 November 2021 at Murrayfield in a closely won victory over

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after coming on as an early substitute for George Turner.

International tries

References

External links

Itsrugby.co.uk profile

Sandbach RUFC profileSale Sharks profileSale FC profilePremiership stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashman, Ewan 2000 births Living people Scottish rugby union players Canadian rugby union players Rugby union hookers Sale Sharks players Glasgow Warriors players Sportspeople from Toronto Scotland international rugby union players