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Jordan Olowofela
Kehinde Oluwatomisin O. "Jordan" Olowofela (born 17 April 1998)[1] is an English rugby union player who plays centre or wing for Doncaster Knights. He previously played for Nottingham and Leicester Tigers,[2] 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 careerOlowofela was named as part of the Leicester Tigers team for the 2015 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series.[3] Olowofela made his debut for Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Bath Rugby in November 2017.[4] On 27 January 2018 Olowofela scored his first try for Leicester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Cardiff Blues.[5] Olowofela was named in the England U20s Elite Player Squad for the 2017–18 season,[6] and on 2 February 2018 made his debut from the bench against Italy in the 2018 Six Nations Under 20 Championship.[7] In the next fixture he scored a try against Wales.[8] In May 2018, Olowofela was included in the squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[9] He scored twice in the final as England finished runners up to hosts France.[10] 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.[11] On 1 March 2021, Olowofela joined the Western Force, based in Perth, Western Australia on loan for the 2021 Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competitions.[12] In only his third game for the franchise, Olowofela scored a hat-trick of tries in the defeat of the previously unbeaten Queensland Reds to send the Force into their first ever finals campaign.[13] On 2 September Olowofela joined Newport based Dragons on a season-long loan.[14] His release from Leicester was announced on 19 July 2022, with Olowofela joining RFU Championship side Nottingham.[15] He moved once more in Summer 2024 signing for Doncaster Knights ahead of the 2024-25 Championship season. Personal lifeOlowofela has an identical twin brother, Ryan Olowofela, who has represented England 7s.[16] Olowofela attended Lincoln Minster School on a sports scholarship and was also a talented squash player as well as playing in Nottingham Forest's academy.[16] References
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