Kevin Bowring
Wales international rugby union footballer (1954–2024)
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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.
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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]
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