Steve Bowden

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Steve Bowden
fullname = Steve Bowden


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position = Front row
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club1 = Newtown Jets
year1start = 1978
year1end = 1982
appearances1 = 80
tries1 = 14
goals1 = 0
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points1 = 45
teamA = New South Wales
yearAstart = 1981
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source = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Steve_Bowden.html RL stats]
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Steve Bowden is a former professional rugby league player for the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Bowden primarily played in the front row.

Bowden was selected in 1981 to represent New South Wales as a front-rower for the only State of Origin-designated game of the year. [cite web|publisher="Rugby League Tables"|title=State Of Origin - Game 1, 1981 |url=http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game2.html |accessdate=2007-11-27] In that match, Bowden was sin-binned along with Queenslander Rod Morris after an all-in brawl.

Another fight cost Bowden a spot in the 1981 Grand Final. In the first few minutes of the major semi-final against Manly-Warringah, Bowden was involved in a fight with Kiwi Mark Broadhurst. A scrum devolved into an all-in brawl with Bowden head-butting and punching Broadhurst. Bowden was sent from the field to sit out the remainder of the match and was subsequently suspended and unable to take part in the pre-liminary final against Easts or the Grand Final against Parramatta. [cite news|publisher="The Sydney Morning Herald"|title=Grand Final top five: Suspensions |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/27/1096137170516.html |accessdate=2007-11-27|date=2004-09-28]

Bowden now owns and operates the Hurstville Ritz Hotel in Sydney. [cite news|publisher="Newtown Jets"|title=Newtown draw inspiration from past greats for Sunday's Grand Final |url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=26682 |accessdate=2007-11-27|date=2006-09-28]

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