Jack Nowell

Jack Nowell
Nowell playing for Exeter Chiefs in 2013
Full name Jack Thomas Nowell[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993
Place of birth New Zealand
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb)[2]
School Mounts Bay Academy
Truro and Penwith College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Full-back, Wing, Outside Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–
2012–		 Redruth
Plymouth Albion
Exeter Chiefs
→ Cornish Pirates		 13
4
62
46		 (20)
(0)
(80)
(80)
correct as of 9 January 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–2011
2013
2014–		 England U18
England U20
England		 ?
6
18		 ?
(20)
(45)
correct as of 25 June 2016.

Jack Thomas Nowell (born 11 April 1993) is an English rugby union player for Premiership side Exeter Chiefs. His position of choice is Wing but he can also play at Full back and at outside centre.

Exeter Chiefs

Nowell was originally a product of the Cornish Pirates junior section. He went to school at Mounts Bay School, Heamoor/An Hay and then Truro College, where he took a BTEC in Sport Performance and Excellence.[2]

He made his Premiership debut for Exeter Chiefs on 25 November 2012 in a 27–23 win over London Irish.[3] After establishing himself as a regular in the Chiefs first team, Nowell was nominated for, and won, the LV=Breakthrough Player Award for the 2012–13 season.[4]

Nowell is an established first teamer for the exeter chiefs and has scored 16 premiership tries in 46 appearances since 2012. Nowell has also played key roles for the Exeter Chiefs in their European champions cup and Heineken cup competitions.

In 2016 Nowell was part of the Exeter Chiefs side to reach the aviva premiership final, eventually won by Saracens, after finishing second in the overall table and winning a home semi-final against wasps.

International career

Nowell represented England at under-18 and under-20 level.[2] He scored in the 2013 IRB Junior World Cup final win over Wales.[5]

On 1 August 2013, he was selected in the England Saxons squad.[6]

On 9 January 2014, Nowell was included in the England squad for the 2014 Six Nations Championship, after numerous injuries.[7] He made his debut for England in the 26–24 defeat to France, despite a difficult start to the game Nowell made the most meters by any England player in the game (87 meters). He scored his first try for England during the 52–11 win over Italy.[8][9] Nowell missed the 2014 summer tour of New Zealand due to injury.

Nowell returned to the England team in the third match of the 2015 Six Nations Championship, replacing Jonny May in the starting lineup, but failed to finish off a couple of try scoring opportunities. He then started the following game against Scotland, scoring his first Twickenham try. On the final day of the championship, Jack Nowell was selected for a match that England needed to beat France by 27 points to clinch the title. Despite Nowell scoring two tries in the match, England failed to achieve this target and Ireland claimed the championship.

Nowell was selected as a member of the England 2015 World Cup Squad, he made his world cup debut during the 60–3 win over amateur side Uruguay, becoming one of only six English players to have scored a hat trick of tries at the world cup.

Nowell started all five of england's rbs six nations matches in 2016 where england won the grand slam. He scored a try in the opener against Scotland. Nowell also was part of the successful 3-0 series win over Australia in 2016 starting the second and third test and acting as a replacement in the first and scoring a try from the bench. Nowell played despite having a thumb injury.

International tries

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Score Result
1  Italy Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico 2014 Six Nations 15 March 2014 52–11Won[9]
2  Scotland London, England Twickenham 2015 Six Nations 14 March 2015 25-13Won
3  France London, England Twickenham 2015 Six Nations 21 March 2015 55-35Won
4  France London, England Twickenham 2015 Six Nations 21 March 2015 55-35Won
5  Uruguay Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 2015 Rugby World Cup 10 October 2015 60-3Won
6  Uruguay Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 2015 Rugby World Cup 10 October 2015 60-3Won
7  Uruguay Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 2015 Rugby World Cup 10 October 2015 60-3Won
8  Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield 2016 Six Nations 6 February 2016 15-9Won
9  Australia Brisbane, Australia Lang Park 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals 11 June 2016 39-28Won

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Nowell". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jack Nowell". Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jack Nowell impresses Boss in Exeter Premiership debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nowell Named LV= Breakthrough Player". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wales 15–23 England". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "England change six in Elite Player Squad". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "George Ford replaces Toby Flood in England Six Nations squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Six Nations: France beat England with late converted try in Paris". Sky Sports. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. 1 2 Fordyce, Tom (15 March 2014). "Six Nation's 2014: England hammer Italy and wait on Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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