Gareth Owen (rugby player)

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Gareth Owen
Personal information
Full name Gareth Owen
Date of birth November 5 1988 ( 1988-11-05) (age 19)
Place of birth Bridgend, Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 13 st 13 lbs (88 kg)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Amateur clubs
2006- Maesteg RFC
Professional clubs Caps (points)
2007- Ospreys 12 (25)
National team(s)    
2006-2007
2007-
Wales U19
Wales U20
7
4
(20)
(5)
7's National teams  
2007- Wales 7's

Gareth Owen (born 5 November 1988 in Bridgend, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at Centre for Ospreys and Wales U20.

Outside half Gareth Owen plays domestic club rugby with Maesteg RFC. In June 2007 he gained a development contract with the Ospreys region for the 2007–2008 season after impressing in the U19 IRB World Championships. He is also an Ospreys U20 squad member.

Owen earned a Wales U19 squad call up ahead of the spring internationals in February 2007, and made a replacement appearance in the victory over the Irish and scored an injury time try against France.

Owen subsequently earned himself a place in the Wales U19 squad for the 2007 IRB U19 World Championships in Belfast. He played in all five games of the tournament, making the starting XV on four occasions and coming on as a replacement in the victory over Samoa. Owen scored three tries over the course of the Championship, against Argentina and New Zealand in the Division A knockout stages and against Australia in the third place play-off.

In November 2007 Owen received a call-up to the Wales Sevens squad ahead of the initial legs of the 2007–2008 IRB Sevens World Series, though he sustained a knee injury in the first day of play at the Dubai Sevens against Samoa.