Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE was born on 30 November 1976 and is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions.
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27 Facts About Josh Lewsey
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Josh Lewsey subsequently attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and then attended the University of Bristol on a British Army bursary, graduating in 1998, and lived in the same hall of residence as three-time Olympian sailor Iain Percy; he was able to graduate after obtaining special permission to take his final exams in Australia as he had been selected for England's 1998 "Tour of Hell" in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Josh Lewsey graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 2001 and was commissioned as a troop commander into the Royal Artillery.
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Josh Lewsey first played for Wasps at eighteen in their Colts side, before being selected for their senior team.
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Josh Lewsey then rejoined London Wasps at the age of twenty one after completing his degree.
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Josh Lewsey won his first full England caps in 1998 against New Zealand and then South Africa.
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Josh Lewsey played in all four finals, and scored two tries in the 2003 final and one in the 2008 final.
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Josh Lewsey played in the victorious 2004 and 2007 Heineken Cup finals.
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Josh Lewsey appeared for England in all three tests in the 2001 North American tour, and was a member of the England side that won the Hong Kong Sevens in 2002.
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Josh Lewsey represented England in sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, opting to play in the tournament over touring Argentina with the National team.
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Josh Lewsey followed this with the opening try in his next game against Scotland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning side.
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Josh Lewsey had a key part in the tests against New Zealand and Australia on the June 2003 Southern-hemisphere tour.
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Josh Lewsey made an ideal start scoring two tries in the first five minutes against Bay of Plenty.
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Josh Lewsey was widely viewed as a standout player for the Lions, despite the team's poor results.
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Josh Lewsey continued to be an integral part of the England team at the 2006 Six Nations.
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Josh Lewsey featured heavily in England's campaign to retain the Rugby World Cup in 2007, playing in every game en route to the final.
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On 10 December 2009 Josh Lewsey announced his retirement from international rugby to concentrate on his club career, ending his time in the England set-up, which spanned more than 10 years and claiming 55 caps with 22 tries scored.
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Josh Lewsey's mother is from the Swansea Valley area while his father is half Welsh.
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Josh Lewsey set up a leadership development and business consultancy, which looked to apply organisational performance lessons from sport and the military, into business.
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Josh Lewsey released his autobiography on 5 February 2009 titled One Chance: My Life and Rugby.
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In 2017, Josh Lewsey joined Ernst Young as People Advisory Services Leader in Asia-Pacific.
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Josh Lewsey left EY due to weak performance and limited knowledge in consulting.
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On 30 August 2013, Josh Lewsey was appointed Head of Rugby at the Welsh Rugby Union.
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Josh Lewsey resigned in November 2015, citing personal reasons which would prevent him from dedicating himself to the position full-time.
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Josh Lewsey did not inform his club of the expedition as he was sure they would object.
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Josh Lewsey admitted afterwards that he had "never felt so scared" as the two climbers attempted to descend from over 8500m without supplementary oxygen.
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