Bowring was born in
Neath, Wales on 9 May 1954. He progressed into coaching with Wales Under-20, Under-21 and Wales A before being appointed the first full-time professional coach of the
Wales national rugby union team. He was later employed by the
Rugby Football Union as an Elite Coach for the England rugby union team. Bowring was a board member of
UK Coaching (former Sports Coach UK) and a member of the Coaching Committee which sets the overall strategy for sports coaching in the UK. Bowring died of a heart attack in October 2024, at the age of 70. ==References==