Owen Bruynseels
| Date of birth | 24 April 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2003-15 | Ealing Trailfinders | 203 | ? |
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Correct as of 30 April 2016
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| Current local club | Ealing Trailfinders | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2012 | England Counties XV | 1 | 5 |
Owen Bruynseels (born 1987) is a retired English rugby union player who played as a winger. He spent his entire career with Ealing Trailfinders, with over 200 appearances, that saw his club rise from the 6th division of English Rugby all the way up to the RFU Championship (tier 2). An opportunistic try scorer he was one of the most prolific in National League 2 South history with 81 tries in four seasons. Since retiring from playing due to injury in 2015, he has was inducted into the Ealing Trailfinders 'Hall of Fame' and remains at the club as team manager.
Owen made his first team debut for Ealing against Twickenham in 2003. After a couple of seasons playing in London 2 North, Owen experienced his first silverware when his club were crowned league champions in 2005, winning all but one game on their way to the title. The next year newly promoted Ealing finished second in London Division 1 and qualified for a playoff against the runners up South West 1. With home advantage given to the Trailfinders due to a better overall league standing than opponents, Cleve, Ealing won emphatically, 48-17, to gain promotion to the National Leagues.
In 2007-08 despite being new boys to National Division 3 South, Ealing more than held their own, with Owen contributing 20 tries to a side that finished 3rd in the league and finished as the division's top try scorer. After a second year in which Ealing finished 3rd once again, Owen scored 18 tries from just 19 appearances during the 2009-10 as his side agonisingly missed out on the promotion playoffs, being tied on 113 points with 2nd placed Rosslyn Park, who had a better win record. After missing out on promotion over the past 3 seasons, Ealing finally did it by winning the newly named National League 2 South title after an epic battle with runners up Jersey. It proved to be a record breaking season for Ealing's players as Owen formed a part of a lethal strike force with fellow winger Phil Chesters as the two team-mates scored 102 tries between them. Owen got a career best of 32 tries (including 6 in one game) while Phil got an incredible 70 tries (an all-time English league record) as they destroyed defenses on the way to the title, also becoming the top two try scorers in the division.
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