Lewis Boyce

Lewis Boyce (born 30 July 1996) is an English professional rugby union player, who plays as a loose-head prop for Premiership Rugby club Bath.

Lewis Boyce
Birth nameLewis Andrew Boyce
Date of birth (1996-07-30) 30 July 1996
Place of birthMiddlesbrough, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Current team Bath
Youth career
Middlesbrough
Yorkshire Carnegie
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2017 Yorkshire Carnegie 22 (15)
2017–2019 Harlequins 28 (10)
2019– Bath ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 England U20 7 (0)
Correct as of 11 September 2017

Club career

Boyce made his debut for Yorkshire Carnegie against Rotherham in 2014 and made 22 appearances in the RFU Championship.[1] Boyce was part of the side that were defeated by London Irish in the 2017 Championship play-off Final.[2]

On 14 March 2017 it was announced that Boyce would be joining Harlequins for the 2017–18 Aviva Premiership season.[1] On 18 January 2019, Boyce signed for Premiership rivals Bath from the 2019-20 season.[3]

International career

In June 2016, Boyce started for the England U20 side that defeated Ireland in the final of the Junior World Cup.[4][5] In January 2018 he was named in England's squad for the 2018 Six Nations Championship opener, against Italy.[6]

References
  1. "Harlequins sign Lewis Boyce from Yorkshire Carnegie". Premiership Rugby. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "Championship play-off final: London Irish 55-48 Yorkshire Carnegie (agg: 84-66)". BBC Sport. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "Lewis Boyce, Christian Judge, Will Stuart and Mike Williams: Bath sign four forwards". BBC Sport. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. "England unchanged for U20 final". Rugby Football Union. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. "World Rugby U20 Championship 2016: England beat Ireland in final". BBC Sport. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Six Nations 2018: England name eight uncapped players in squad for Italy". BBC Sport. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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