Kevin Bowring
| Birth name | Kevin Bowring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 May 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 October 2024 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Glover, Tim (10 January 1999). "Rugby Union: Re-enter the Dragon; interview - Kevin Bowring". The Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ "Former Wales coach Bowring dies aged 70". BBC Sport News. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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