Kevin Bowring

Kevin Bowring

Birth name	Kevin Bowring
Date of birth	(1954-05-09)9 May 1954
Place of birth	Neath, Wales
Date of death	10 October 2024(2024-10-10) (aged 70)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Coach Coaching career Years Team Wales Under-20 Wales Under-21 Wales A 1995–1998 Wales 1999–? Newbury RFC Correct as of 19:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Kevin Bowring (9 May 1954 – 10 October 2024) was a Welsh rugby union player and coach. Bowring attended Neath Grammar School for Boys. A flanker, he played for London Welsh and captained the team. He also represented the Barbarians and Middlesex County.

Biography

Bowring was born in Neath, Wales on 9 May 1954.[1]

He progressed into coaching with Wales Under-20, Under-21 and Wales A before being appointed the first full-time professional coach of the Wales national rugby union team.[2] He was later employed by the Rugby Football Union as an Elite Coach for the England rugby union team.

Bowring was 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.

Bowring died of a heart attack in October 2024, at the age of 70.[3][1]

References

1. "Kevin Bowring, rugby union flanker who coached Wales then become a linchpin of the England set-up". The Telegraph. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
2. Glover, Tim (10 January 1999). "Rugby Union: Re-enter the Dragon; interview - Kevin Bowring". The Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
3. "Former Wales coach Bowring dies aged 70". BBC Sport News. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

External links

• Wales profile