Jordan Olowofela
English rugby union footballer (b. 1998)
Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. "Jordan" Olowofela (born 17 April 1998) is an English rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Doncaster Knights. He previously played for Nottingham and Leicester Tigers, in Premiership Rugby and on loan for Loughborough Students in National League 1, Western Force in Australia's Super Rugby AU and Dragons in the URC, and for England Under-20s.
Playing career
Olowofela was named as part of the Leicester Tigers team for the 2015 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series. Olowofela made his debut for Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Bath Rugby in November 2017. On 27 January 2018 Olowofela scored his first try for Leicester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Cardiff Blues.
Olowofela was named in the England U20s Elite Player Squad for the 2017–18 season, and on 2 February 2018 made his debut from the bench against Italy in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship. In the next fixture he scored a try against Wales.
In May 2018, Olowofela was included in the squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. He scored twice in the final as England finished runners up to hosts France.
On 23 September 2018 Olowofela started his first Premiership Rugby match for Leicester against Worcester Warriors and the same day was invited to a training camp with the senior England squad by Eddie Jones after a number of injury withdrawals.
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