Phil Dowson

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Phil Dowson
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Full name Philip David Acton Dowson
Date of birth (1981-10-01) October 1, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Guildford, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
School Sedbergh School
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Number Eight, Flanker
Youth clubs
Wigton
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2001–2009
2009–2015
2015–
Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints
Worcester Warriors
96
186
(45)
(140)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012– England 7 (0)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2005 England Hong Kong

Phil Dowson (born 1 October 1981 in Guildford, England) is an English rugby union player for Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership.

Dowson's position of choice is as a number 8 and he can also operate as a flanker. In 2004 he was a member of Falcons’ Powergen Cup winning side at Twickenham.[1]

Dowson represented the England Sevens team at the 2005 World Cup in Hong Kong.[2] He was then selected for the 2005 Churchill Cup.[3] He was called into the England Saxons side that defeated Ireland A on 1 February 2008.[4][5]

Dowson represented England Saxons at the 2007 Churchill Cup[6] and 2009 Churchill Cup.[7]

Dowson signed for the Northampton Saints from the Newcastle Falcons in the summer of 2009.[8] In 2012, Dowson gained his first full international cap for England vs Scotland in the Six Nations. A further cap against Italy as well as substitute appearances against France and Ireland.

He was named as England captain for England's next match, although it was a non capped match, against the Barbarians which England went on to win 57–26.

He signed for Worcester Warriors in the 2015-16 season in the Aviva Premiership.[9]

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