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Phil Dowson

Phil Dowson
Phil Dowson Saints 2013 (cropped).jpg
Full name Philip David Acton Dowson
Nickname Dows
Date of birth (1981-10-01) 1 October 1981 (age 35)
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
Years Club / team    
  Wigton
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Apps (points)
2001–2009
2009–2015
2015–
Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints
Worcester Warriors
96
186
(45)
(140)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Apps (points)
2012– England 7 (0)
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team   Comps
2005 England Hong Kong
Youth clubs
Years Club / team    
  Wigton
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Apps (points)
2001–2009
2009–2015
2015–
Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints
Worcester Warriors
96
186
(45)
(140)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Apps (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, scoring a try after coming on as a replacement in the final.

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

Dowson represented England Saxons at the 2007 Churchill Cup and 2009 Churchill Cup.

Dowson signed for the Northampton Saints from the Newcastle Falcons in the summer of 2009. 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.


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