Heather Cowell

Heather Cowell (born 23 January 1996) is an English rugby union player.[1]

Heather Cowell
Date of birth (1996-01-23) 23 January 1996
Place of birthIsleworth
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Worcester Warriors ()
2018 - Harlequins Women ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2022 - England

A former international gymnast, Cowell was a junior world champion in tumbling in 2013 in Bulgaria, and was part of the winning team at the Senior European Champion Team Event in 2014 in Portugal.[2][3] Cowell performed gymnastics at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[4] Cowell competed at international level until she was 20. After playing rugby at the University of Birmingham, Cowell joined Worcester Warriors before taking some time out of the game and returning with Harlequins Women.[5]

Cowell scored twice on her England XV’s debut during the 2021-22 season. A call up to the England sevens team followed for the England Rugby Europe Series in Budapest.[6] Cowell was selected to play for England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in rugby sevens.[7] She was named in the England squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[8]

Personal life

Cowell attended Chase Bridge Primary School in Twickenham and Richmond College. Her brother Cameron Cowell is a professional rugby player who has also represented England at sevens rugby.[9]

References
  1. "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  2. Goodwill, Jake (18 October 2019). "From tumbling to acrobatic tries – how Harlequins wing Heather Cowell made the transition to the oval ball game". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. "Heather Cowell". FEEPO - Women's Rugby Strength and Conditioning.
  4. "Cowell: Commonwealth showcase can put tumbling on the map". Your Local Guardian.
  5. World, Rugby (8 November 2019). "Hotshot: Harlequins Women wing Heather Cowell". Rugby World.
  6. "Heather Cowell". teamengland.org.
  7. "RFU". www.englandrugby.com.
  8. "ENGLAND SQUADS FOR RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS NAMED". Englandrugby.com.
  9. Jerman, Ella (22 December 2019). "Heather Cowell returns to her native Twickenham to face Leinster with Harlequins". inews.co.uk.
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