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Dragons sign former England U20s star Olowofela
By Kim Ekin
United Rugby Championship side the Dragons have confirmed the signing of winger Jordan Olowofela on a season-long loan for the 2021/2022 campaign.
The former England U20s star joins the Newport-based side with 'immediate effect'.
The 23-year-old joins the Men of Gwent from English Gallagher Premiership outfit Leicester Tigers, having spent a loan stint with the Western Force last season.
“I would like to thank Leicester and the Dragons for their support of me to come here this season," Olowofela said. “It’s a great opportunity for me to develop my game further and I can‘t wait to get started and wear that Dragons jersey."
Dean Ryan, Director of Dragons Rugby, said: “We believe that Jordan can not only continue his development but also contribute to our environment and we would like to thank Leicester for working with us on this occasion.
“He is a different option for us in the back three and we all look forward to working with him.”
Olowofela came through the Tigers Academy and the wing has gone on to make 41 appearances and spent the 2020/2021 season on loan with the Western Force in Australia, making 10 appearances.
The club said that the Hull-born speedster "is sure to excite Dragons fans with his high-speed attacking style".
Olowofela is the identical twin brother of Ryan Olowofela, who has played for the England 7s and Northampton Saints.
The Dragons will play the Ospreys on the opening weekend of the new United Rugby Championship competition later this month, which will feature four new South African franchises.
In the new URC format all 16 teams will be ranked across a single table which will reward the top eight teams with their places in an expanded Final Series that includes a full Quarter-final stage, followed by Semi-finals before the best two teams meet in the URC Grand Final in June.
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I read some of the online comments on this and their were thoughtless and veering to misogyny.
As well as the pay gap women tend to recover quickly from the emotional intensity of matches. The match is over they shake hands and they can get quickly over a loss. THis doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.
Many men tend to view rugby as a test of manhood. They are aggressive, and take a big loss about as well as they would take a castration.
To judge women against men in this way is obviously stupid. The Welsh team are trying to promote publicity for the sport as well as trying to win matches. Suling for months wont attract girls to the support, no matter how much men online demand a period of self flagellation.
Go to comments“bring in a double bonus point instead” I don't think this is a great idea. We need the premiership to be a breeding ground for test match players. If we try to turn it into a defense optional try fest, we're going to come unstuck. It's not like teams really need an incentive to score more tries once they get to 4 tries.
England will no doubt benefit from more highly skilled attacking players (assuming they allow them to play with some autonomy) but test matches are rarely high scoring affairs. It's good that our players are becoming more skilled, we've long played second fiddle in those stakes to the SH (and still do) but the players also need to learn how to grind out gnarly wins. The Premiership is already a very high scoring league, we don't need to push it any further.
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