Lewis Bean
Lewis Bean (born 12 February 1992) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a Lock for Premiership club Northampton Saints.[1][2] & currently serves in the British Army.
Birth name | Lewis Bean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1][2] | February 12, 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Beverley, England[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 129 kg (20 st 4 lb; 284 lb)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for the Army Rugby Union. He turned out for the Army against the Navy in the 100th anniversary match at Twickenham.[3]
Bean played for Birmingham Moseley from 2017 to 2019.[4]
Professional career
At the start of the 2019-20 season, he was training with Worcester Warriors. He played for the Warriors in the Premiership Rugby Cup and Premiership Shield.[4]
However he was instead signed for the Northampton Saints for their 2019/20 season.[5][6]
He was loaned to Glasgow Warriors in November 2020. He was named on the bench for the Warriors match away to Ulster Rugby.[7]
Army career
He is a Corporal in the British Army based with The Rifles and has completed two tours of Afghanistan.[5]
References
- "Lewis Bean". Northampton Saints. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Lewis Bean". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- "Lewis Bean". www.ultimaterugby.com.
- http://www.ncarugby.com/national-1/in-focus-lewis-bean/
- "Army's Lewis Bean Makes Northampton Saints Debut". Forces Network. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- "Saints sign Olowofela, Bean and Garside" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Seven alterations to starting XV for Ulster clash". Glasgow Warriors.