After graduating from St David's College, Lampeter, Rowland emigrated to Canada.
He was ordained Deacon of the Mission at Clarendon with Palmerston in the Diocese of Ontario in 1894.
[2] Rowland was awarded his first and only cap for Wales while still at St David's College, Lampeter.
Playing against England as part of the 1895 Home Nations Championship, Rowland was brought into the Welsh pack alongside fellow debutants Lewis Cobden Thomas and Evan Richards.
Rowland was replaced for the next game, against Ireland, by Willie Thomas of Llandovery College, and never represented Wales again.