Rugby player
| Birth name | Ben Sowrey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Sowrey (born 2 May 1991) is an English rugby union player who plays for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship.
Sowrey first played professionally for Doncaster Knights before joining Rotherham Titans in the RFU Championship during the 2013-14 season.
On 22 February 2014, Sowrey made move to Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership from the 2014-15 season. On 28 April 2016, Sowrey signed for Premiership rivals Newcastle Falcons ahead of the 2016-17 season.
Playing for Worcester Warriors Ben made 20 appearances, Warriors won the British and Irish cup and won the Championship League. Ben made 29 appearances for Newcastle Falcons, 18 in the Aviva Premiership. In 2018 Newcastle finished 4th in the league and semifinals of the European Challenge Cup, and the semi-final of the Anglo Welsh Cup.
On 4 July 2018, Sowrey signed for Wharfedale in the third division National League 1 from the 2018-19 season. On 19 September 2019, Sowrey signed a one-year deal to return to the RFU Championship with Yorkshire Carnegie for the 2019-20 season.
References
- "Worcester Warriors sign Rotherham Titans hooker Ben Sowrey". Warriors. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- "Ben Sowrey to move to Newcastle Falcons from Worcester Warriors". Sky Sports. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- "Chris Walker, Ben Sowrey and Sam Booker sign for Wharfedale". Craven Herald. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Jake Brady and Ben Sowrey pen one-year deals with Yorkshire Carnegie". Yorkshire Evening Post. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.