Pekahou Cowan

Pek Cowan
Full name Pekahou J. M. Cowan
Date of birth (1986-06-02) 2 June 1986
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 116 kg (256 lb)
Notable relative(s) Blair Cowan (cousin)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Prop / Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007, 2014 Perth Spirit 5 (0)
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2006– Western Force 103 (25)
Current local club Nedlands
correct as of 12 June 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009–
2008
2003–04
Wallabies
Australia A
Australian Schools
10 (0)
correct as of 14 September 2014.

Pekahou J. M. Cowan (born 2 June 1986) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays for the Western Force in the Super Rugby competition and represents the Australian Wallabies in international rugby.[2] His usual position is prop and he can play on both sides of the scrum.[3]

Early life

Cowan was born in Wellington, New Zealand but moved with his family to Sydney when he was 13 years of age.[3] He was a young golfing talent with a handicap of four at the age of 15, and won a scholarship with the Long Reef Golf Club.[3] Attending Narrabeen Sports High School, he was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby union team in 2003 and 2004.[3]

Career

He moved to Perth to further his rugby career and played for the Nedlands club before signing with the Western Force in 2006.[3] He played for the Perth Spirit in the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.

Cowan made his test debut for the Wallabies against Italy in Melbourne on 20 June 2009.[4]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 14 June 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2008 Force 9 8 1 567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Force 12 11 1 822 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Force 9 8 1 580 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
2011 Force 12 11 1 762 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Force 16 13 3 1160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Force 15 15 0 1174 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
2014 Force 16 14 2 955 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
2015 Force 14 14 0 934 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 103 94 9 6956 5 0 0 0 25 1 0

References

  1. Guest, Tom (13 January 2012). "Cowan can’t wait to ride Premiership waves". Worcester News.
  2. Pek Cowan on rugby.com.au
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Geddes, Jon (22 May 2009). "Out of the bunker into Wallabies". The Daily Telegraph. News. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. "Pek Cowan". ESPN Scrum. 2014.

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