Josh Ovens

Josh Ovens
Date of birth (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989
Place of birth Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School Monkton Combe School
Milton Abbey School
University University of Bath
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Back row
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008-2014
2011-2012
2014-		 Bath
→ Bristol (loan)
Bristol
21
5
10
10

Josh Ovens (born 11 July 1989) is a rugby union player for Bristol in The Rugby Championship.[1][2] He plays as a back-row.

Education

Ovens was educated at the Prep School of Monkton Combe School,[3] a boarding independent school for pupils up to the age of 13 in Combe Down, a village suburb of the city of Bath in Somerset in South West England, followed by Milton Abbey School,[4][5] a boarding independent school in the village of Milton Abbas, near the market town of Blandford Forum in Dorset (also in South West England).

Rugby career

In 2008, he joined Bath, but enjoyed a spell on loan to Bristol in the 2011 Aviva Championship season, returning to Bath for the start of the 2012 season. Ovens re-signed with Bristol on a one-year deal, after the club facilitated his rehabilitation by allowing him to train with the squad, almost two years after recovering from a potentially career-ending back injury in 2012. Ovens returned to the field against Clifton RFC in August 2014, for the annual pre-season friendly between the two sides.[6]

Family

Ovens' first cousin is Laurence Ovens.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/news/9932/ovens-pens-one-year-deal/
  2. ↑ http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/team/1st-xv-biographies/88/josh-ovens/
  3. ↑ Rugby - Boys play at local, county and national level Publisher: Monkton Combe School. Retrieved: 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Ovens named in England Under-20 side Publisher: This is Bath.com - (The Bath Chronicle). Published: 2 February 2009. Retrieved: 20 April 2013.
  5. ↑ School's double honour Publisher: This is Dorset.com Published: 30 January 2009. Retrieved: 20 April 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/news/9932/ovens-pens-one-year-deal/


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