Kevin Bowring is a
Welsh
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* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
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former
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player and coach. Bowring attended Neath Grammar School for Boys. A flanker, he played for
London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cymry Llundain) was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, ...
and captained the team. He also represented the
Barbarians
A barbarian (or savage) is someone who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as a generalization based on a popular stereotype; barbarians can be members of any nation judged by some to be les ...
and Middlesex County .
He progressed into coaching with Wales Under-20, Under-21 and Wales A before being appointed as the first full-time professional coach of the
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team ( cy, Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played thei ...
.
He was later employed by the
Rugby Football Union
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby ...
as an Elite Coach for the England rugby union team.
Bowring is a board member of
UK Coaching (former Sports Coach UK) and a member of the Coaching Committee which sets the overall strategy for sports coaching in the UK.
References
External links
Wales profile
Living people
Barbarian F.C. players
London Welsh RFC players
Middlesex County RFU players
People educated at Neath Grammar School for Boys
Rugby union players from Neath
Wales national rugby union team coaches
Welsh rugby union coaches
Welsh rugby union players
Year of birth missing (living people)
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