Kevin Bowring

Kevin Bowring 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.
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]. 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 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.