Jack Nowell

Jack Thomas Nowell (born 11 April 1993) is an English rugby union player for Premiership side Exeter Chiefs. He also represents England. His position of choice is Wing but he can also play as a Full-Back or at Outside Centre.

Nowell was originally a product of the Cornish Pirates junior section. He went to school at Mounts Bay School, Heamoor and then Truro College, where he took a BTEC in Sport Performance and Excellence.

He made his Premiership debut for Exeter Chiefs on 25 November 2012 in a 27–23 win over London Irish. After establishing himself as a regular in the Chiefs first team, Nowell was nominated for, and won, the LV=Breakthrough Player Award for the 2012–13 season.

Nowell is an established first teamer for the Chiefs and has scored 16 premiership tries in 46 appearances since 2012. Nowell has also played key roles for the Chiefs in their European Champions Cup and Heineken Cup competitions.

In 2016 Nowell was part of the Exeter Chiefs side to reach the Aviva Premiership Final, eventually won by Saracens, after finishing second in the overall table and winning a home semi-final against Wasps.

In 2017, Nowell produced a try-scoring performance in the Aviva Premiership Final, asExeter Chiefs claimed their maiden Premiership title. Nowell was also part of the Exeter Chiefs' Double Winning team in the 19/20 season.

Nowell represented England at Under-18 and Under-20 level. He scored in the 2013 IRB Junior World Cup final win over Wales.

On 1 August 2013, he was selected in the England Saxons squad on the advice of chief scout Andy Fairley.

On 9 January 2014, Nowell was included in the England squad for the 2014 Six Nations Championship, after numerous injuries. He made his debut for England in the 26–24 defeat to France, despite a difficult start to the game Nowell made the most metres by any England player in the game (87 metres).He scored his first try for England during the 52–11 win over Italy. Nowell missed the 2014 summer tour of New Zealand due to injury.

Nowell returned to the England team in the third match of the 2015 Six Nations Championship, replacing Jonny May in the starting lineup, but failed to finish off a couple of try scoring opportunities. He then started the following game against Scotland, scoring his first Twickenham try. On the final day of the championship, Nowell was selected for a match that England needed to beat France by 27 points to clinch the title. Despite Nowell scoring two tries, England failed to achieve this target and Ireland claimed the championship.

Nowell was selected as a member of England squad for the 2015 World Cup, and made his World Cup debut during the 60–3 win over amateur side Uruguay, becoming one of only six English players to have scored a hat-trick of tries at a World Cup.

Nowell started all five of England's RBS Six Nations matches in 2016 where England won the Grand Slam. He scored a try in the opener against Scotland. Nowell also was part of the successful 3–0 series win over Australia in 2016 starting the second and third test and acting as a replacement in the first and scoring a try from the bench. Nowell played despite having a thumb injury for which he missed the opening few rounds of the 2016–17 domestic season.

In April 2017, Nowell was called up for the British & Irish Lions, becoming the first player to be called up from the Exeter Chiefs.

International tries

As of 7 July 2019

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
1	Italy	Rome, Italy	Stadio Olimpico	2014 Six Nations	15 March 2014	Win	52 – 11
2	Scotland	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	2015 Six Nations	14 March 2015	Win	25 – 13
3	France	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	2015 Six Nations	21 March 2015	Win	55 – 35
4
5	Uruguay	Manchester, England	City of Manchester Stadium	2015 Rugby World Cup	10 October 2015	Win	60 – 3
6
7
8	Scotland	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield	2016 Six Nations	6 February 2016	Win	15 – 9
9	Australia	Brisbane, Australia	Lang Park	2016 Tour of Australia	11 June 2016	Win	39 – 28
10	Italy	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	2017 Six Nations	26 February 2017	Win	36 – 15
11
12	Italy	Rome, Italy	Stadio Olimpico	2018 Six Nations	4 February 2018	Win	46 – 15
13	Scotland	London, England	Twickenham Stadium	2019 Six Nations	16 March 2019	Draw	38 – 38
14	Argentina	Chōfu, Japan	Tokyo Stadium	2019 Rugby World Cup	5 October 2019	Win	39 – 10