{"id":612296,"date":"2026-05-30T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612296\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:13:14","slug":"20-year-old-close-to-senior-wales-call-up-after-impressing-team-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612296\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year-old close to senior Wales call-up after impressing team-mates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cardiff wing is being tipped for a big future in the game\"Josh<\/p>\n

Josh Adams believes Steve Tandy will soon be calling up Tom Bowen(Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\n

Josh Adams has backed Cardiff youngster Tom Bowen to be called up to the Wales squad sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old wing has been a revelation for Cardiff<\/a> since breaking into the first team with his blistering pace often cutting defences to shreds.<\/p>\n

Bowen will play for Wales U20s in the World Rugby U20s Championship this summer but Adams believes he will become a senior international in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely he could,” said Adams when asked if Bowen has the potential to play for Wales at senior level.<\/p>\n

“Certainly he could. I think whenever Bows has been given the opportunity to play he’s done nothing wrong at all.<\/p>\n

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“He’s always threatening when he has the ball. That’s Bows’ point of difference if you like.<\/p>\n

“It’s like his USP; it’s how good he is moving with the ball. He’s agile and his centre of gravity helps that.<\/p>\n

“We have a couple of digs about that but he takes it well.<\/p>\n

“He’s super agile on his feet, he’s quick, he’s got great explosive power.<\/p>\n

“As a winger he ticks most boxes in terms of that.”<\/p>\n

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Tom Bowen scores a try for Cardiff(Image: Kian Abdullah\/Huw Evans Agency)<\/p>\n

Bowen is one of the deadliest finishers in the United Rugby Championship but his aerial game is a work in progress.<\/p>\n

But Adams insists he has the right attitude to improve.<\/p>\n

“There’s areas around the nitty gritty bits of the game which he’s really working hard at,” said the experienced Wales wing.<\/p>\n

“That’s probably the most impressive thing is. He’s always wanted to learn.<\/p>\n

“He’s always picking people’s brains and he’s always asking questions.<\/p>\n

“He’s got no dramas with sticking his hand up and saying ‘lads, how do I do this right or is this right?’<\/p>\n

“He’s got no problem. He takes feedback very well and he’s very coachable.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely Tom is someone who will progress to be a full international in the not too distant future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cardiff wing is being tipped for a big future in the game Josh Adams believes Steve Tandy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[10579,12520,5903,101,56,54,55,9015],"class_list":["post-612296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-cardiff-rugby","tag-josh-adams","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\/612296","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=612296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}