Gareth Owen (born 5 November 1988 in Bridgend, Wales)[1] is a Welsh rugby union player who plays at Centre, Fullback and Flyhalf.
Owen started his domestic club rugby with Maesteg RFC where he played alongside several greats such as Alan Bateman, Kevin Ellis and Jonathan Davies.
Owen earned a Wales U19 squad call up ahead of the spring internationals in February 2007, and made a replacement appearance in the victory over the Irish and scored an injury time try against France.
In May 2009 Owen was called up to the senior Wales Rugby team as one of 11 uncapped players for their summer tour of North America even though he had played most of the season for the semi-professional Bridgend Ravens in the Principality Premiership (suffering relegation),[2] he was forced to withdraw from the squad due to an injury.
[6] He made his debut for Leicester at the Madejski Stadium in a 28–27 win over London Irish, Owen was sin binned in the 33rd minute for a dangerous tackle.