Josh Lewsey 1770867 226093195 2008-07-16T20:09:32Z 86.134.119.135 {{Rugger | name = Josh Lewsey | image = <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:P JoshLewsey1004.jpg]] --> | caption = | birthname = Owen Joshua Lewsey | nickname = OJ | birthyear = 1976 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 30 | placeofbirth = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], [[England]] | dateofdeath = | placeofdeath = | height = 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | weight = 13 st 10 lbs (87 kg) | ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#15. Full back|Fullback]], [[Rugby union positions#11. & 14. Wing|Wing]], [[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & #12. Inside centre|Centre]], Fly-Half (Sevens) | ru_amateuryears = | ru_amateurclubs = [[Amersham & Chiltern]]<br />[[Bristol Rugby|Bristol]]<br />[[London Wasps|Wasps]]<br />[[Old Fullerians]] | ru_amupdate = | ru_nationalteam = [[England national rugby union team|England]] <br />[[British and Irish Lions]] | ru_nationalyears = 1998-<br />2005 | ru_nationalcaps = 55<br />3 | ru_nationalpoints = (110)<br />(0) | ru_ntupdate = 1 Sept 2006 | ru_clubyears = | ru_proclubs = [[London Wasps]] | ru_clubcaps = | ru_clubpoints = | ru_clubupdate = | ru_currentclub = | ru_province = | ru_provinceyears = | ru_provincecaps = | ru_provincepoints = | ru_provinceupdate = | ru_sevensnationalyears = 2002- | ru_sevensnationalteam = [[England national rugby union team (sevens)|England]] | ru_sevensnationalcaps = | ru_sevensnationalpoints = | ru_sevensnationalcomp = | ru_sevensupdate = 1 Sept 2006 | ru_coachclubs = | ru_coachyears = | ru_coachupdate = | other = | occupation = Army Officer and currently professional international Rugby Union player | lives = [[Richmond upon Thames]] [[Surrey]] [[United Kingdom]] | family = | spouse = | children = 0 | relatives = | school = [[Watford Boys Grammar School]] | university = [[Bristol University]] }} '''Owen Joshua Lewsey''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born [[30 November]] [[1976]]) is an [[England|English]] [[rugby union]] footballer who plays [[Rugby union positions#15. Full back|fullback]], [[Rugby union positions#14. and 11. Wing|wing]], [[Rugby union positions#13. Outside centre & #12. Inside centre|centre]] or [[fly half]] for [[London Wasps|Wasps]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]]. Lewsey was born in [[Bromley]] in [[Kent]] and grew up in [[Watford]] in [[Hertfordshire]], where he attended [[Watford Grammar School for Boys]]. He played for the [[Amersham and Chiltern Rugby Football Club]]. He joined [[London Wasps|Wasps]] at eighteen and played for their Colts side and was under-21 captain. Despite the fact that he was born in [[England]] and has always lived in England, he could have qualified for [[Wales]] as his mother is Welsh and his father is half-Welsh and half-English. He played for [[Bristol Shoguns|Bristol]] whilst attending [[Bristol University]] and rejoined [[London Wasps|Wasps]] at the age of twenty-one after completing his studies. He won his first England cap on the 'Tour of Hell' to [[Australia]] in [[1998]], and also appeared in all three tests in the [[2001]] North American tour. He graduated from the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] in 2001 and served for two years as an officer in the British Army with the [[Royal Artillery]], before opting to play professional rugby union thereafter. He made his England home-debut in the [[Six Nations Championship]] in [[2003]] after an injury to [[Jason Robinson]]. He scored twice in a 40&ndash;5 win over [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]]. He followed this with the opening try in his next game against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]], and was part of the [[Grand Slam (Rugby Union)|Grand Slam]] winning side. He played well for Wasps and England A, and was an important member of the [[England national rugby union team (sevens)|England]] side that won the [[Hong Kong Sevens]] in [[2002]]. He also represented England in [[Rugby sevens|sevens]] at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games results#Rugby Sevens|2002 Commonwealth Games]]. He had a key part in the tests against [[All Blacks|New Zealand]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] on the June [[2003]] Southern-hemisphere tour. By then he was first-choice [[Rugby union positions#15. full back|Full back]], [[Jason Robinson]] having moved to [[Rugby union positions#14. and 11. Wing|wing]]. He was a part of the [[2003 Rugby Union World Cup|2003 World Cup]] winning squad, and scored five tries in the 111&ndash;13 defeat of [[Unión de Rugby del Uruguay|Uruguay]] Lewsey played on the right [[Rugby union positions#14. and 11. Wing|wing]] against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in the [[2004]] [[Rugby Union Six Nations Championship|Six Nations Championship]]. He scored a try in both games, and was named Man of the Match at [[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]]. He was selected for the [[2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand]]. He made an ideal start scoring two tries in the first five minutes against [[Bay of Plenty Rugby Union|Bay of Plenty]]. He was selected for the [[2006 Six Nations]] Squad, but unfortunately was injured early on in the first match of the championship against [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] with an injury to his left AC joint, he consequently missed the following match against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], he did however return for the next game against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]]. In 2006 Lewsey was given the summer off from international rugby and spent time climbing in the [[Himalayas]] reaching the base camp of [[K2]]. He did not inform his club, London Wasps, of the expedition as he was sure they would object. At the [[Middlesex 7s]] he scored 11 tries, and became the tournament's top try and points scorer, helping Wasps win their first [[Middlesex 7s]] title since 1993. He appeared again for the [[2007 Six Nations]] opener against Scotland. For London Wasps he has participated in many major title victories, the latest being the Guinness Premiership Cup win in 2007/2008 when he scored a try in Wasp's 26-16 win over leicester. Lewsey featured heavily in England's campaign to retain the Rugby World Cup in 2007, scoring the only try against France in the 14-9 victory which put England into the final. However, just before half-time in the same match he picked up a hamstring injury which ruled him out of the final. England's coach [[Brian Ashton]] did not select Lewsey for the England squad to compete in the [[2008 Six Nations]] squad. However, he has been called up for Martin Johnson's England Squad for 2008/2009. == External links == * [http://www.wasps.co.uk/playerdisplaySS.ink?skip=16&season=07/08&seasonl=2007/2008&playertype=P Wasps profile] * [http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_587.html itsrugby.co.uk - Profile and Statistics] * [http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/Emotion/CelebrityInterview/JoshLewseyP1.htm?&MSHiC=65001&L=10&W=JOSHS+josh+lewsey+&Pre=%3CFONT+STYLE%3D%22color%3A+%23000000%3B+background%2Dcolor%3A+%23FFFF00%22%3E&Post=%3C%2FFONT%3E/ Josh Lewsey interview at Southwesttrains.co.uk] * [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1596 Josh Lewsey photo 1 by sportingheroes.net] * [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2028 Josh Lewsey photo 2 by sportingheroes.net] {{England Squad 2007 World Cup}} {{British and Irish Lions 2005}} {{England Squad 2003 World Cup}} {{Wasps current}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewsey, Josh}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Old Fullerians]] [[Category:Sandhurst graduates]] [[Category:Royal Artillery officers]] [[Category:English rugby union footballers]] [[Category:London Wasps players]] [[Category:Bristol Rugby players]] [[Category:Rugby union fullbacks]] [[Category:Rugby union wings]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:People from Bromley]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol]] [[de:Josh Lewsey]] [[fr:Josh Lewsey]] [[it:Josh Lewsey]]