Ken Dowding
Parent Union British Army
Total Points:0
Total Caps:5
First Capped:2015
Ken Dowding is a prop for the British Army and the UK Armed Forces Men’s XV, serving with 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. He came through the London Irish Academy, played rugby league for Harlequins and later spent a season with the Ospreys, playing Welsh Premiership rugby for Bridgend. He has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Dowding won his first UKAF cap at Bath’s Recreation Ground in 2015. At the 2019 International Defence Rugby Competition in Japan he started at tighthead in the semi-final win over France and played in the final, then started in the 29-26 win over the Rugby 4 Heroes Barbarians at Ashton Gate that November.
Sources: Ospreys
| Cap Date | Opponents | Cap Number |
|---|---|---|
| Cap Date: 15/11/2015 | Opponent: Bath United | Cap Number: 1 |
| Cap Date: 11/09/2019 | Opponent: Georgia Defence Forces | Cap Number: 2 |
| Cap Date: 19/09/2019 | Opponent: France Armed Forces | Cap Number: 3 |
| Cap Date: 23/09/2019 | Opponent: Republic of Fiji Military Forces | Cap Number: 4 |
| Cap Date: 06/11/2019 | Opponent: Rugby 4 Heroes Barbarians | Cap Number: 5 |