Sam Bowie (born 30 March 1989 in
Thursday Island, Queensland
Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately north of Cape ...
) is an Australian former
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played for the
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
and the
North Queensland Cowboys U20. His position of choice was at fullback.
Playing career
Bowie made his first grade debut for North Queensland in round 16 of the
2008 NRL season
The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, National Rugby League teams, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstr ...
against
South Sydney but did not play another first grade match for the club. The match is remembered as the biggest ever comeback in South Sydney's history as they were down 28-4 with less than 30 minutes remaining but went on to win 29-28.
References
External links
Cowboys.com.au article
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1989 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Indigenous Australian rugby league players
North Queensland Cowboys players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Thursday Island