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<\/p>\nThe Wales U20s winger had been linked with a move to La Rochelle – with former Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara an admirer<\/p>\n
Tom Bowen has signed a new deal with Cardiff Rugby(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\n
Wales U20s winger Tom Bowen has committed his future to Cardiff<\/a> after penning a new long-term deal to stay at the Arms Park.<\/p>\n The news comes as a major boost to the Blue and Blacks, with the 19-year-old having been linked with a move to French giants La Rochelle. However, despite that interest from the Top 14 outfit – who are coached by former Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara – Bowen has decided to stay in Wales.<\/p>\n After making his debut last season under Matt Sherratt, Bowen has established himself in Cardiff’s side in the current campaign – grabbing a hat-trick against Munster back in October.<\/p>\n The following week, he scored twice against Connacht.<\/p>\n In total, he has crossed for 10 tries in his 14 appearances for Cardiff.<\/p>\n He also dotted down twice for Wales U20s in their recent Six Nations<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n Speaking about his new senior contract, Bowen said: \u201cI\u2019m really grateful to be able to re-sign with my home club. I have enjoyed every moment so far and I\u2019m looking forward to what the future brings at Cardiff.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying for this team means a huge amount to me as someone who has come through the pathway and academy, and the feeling you get from playing in the famous blue and black jersey never gets old.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Arms Park is also a special place to play and that support is something which motivates me to keep pushing on.<\/p>\n JOIN OUR WALES RUGBY FACEBOOK PAGE Latest news, analysis and much more<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAs an environment, I imagine Cardiff is very hard to beat. I have high quality players all around me, people I can keep learning from, and competing with, which will only continue my development.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be staying and I\u2019m looking forward to getting back on the pitch with this group.\u201d<\/p>\n Bowen, the son of former Scarlets<\/a> fly-half Gareth, came through the Cardiff academy before heading to Clifton College. During his time there, he was also involved with Bristol Bears.<\/p>\n He returned to Cardiff in 2024 – quickly breaking through after Wales attack coach Sherratt handed him opportunities in the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re really pleased that Tom is staying at Cardiff. He is a young, exciting player who is a big part of our future,” said Cardiff coach Corniel van Zyl.<\/p>\n \u201cHis point of difference is obviously his finishing. He has the ability to finish opportunities, which not many other players could.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is also a great person, who is eager to learn and improve. The key thing for Tom now, is continuing to develop his all-round game as a wing, on the back of some impressive games for us and a really good Six Nations with Wales U20s.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow all of our channels to ensure you stay up to date with the latest Welsh rugby news. Sign up to our free daily newsletter here<\/a> and our WhatsApp channel here<\/a> for all the breaking news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wales U20s winger had been linked with a move to La Rochelle – with former Ireland fly-half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[10579,5903,101,56,54,55,9015],"class_list":["post-483135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-cardiff-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-rugby-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}