Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tākaro a Bowen i te Ipu o te Ao Rugby tuatahi, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te honore o te rangatira o tōna whenua i te 1988 Five Nations
, he whakataetae ka riro i a Wales te Karauna Tokotoru. Ko Bowen te rangatira Welsh whakamutunga ki te hiki i te Karauna Tokotoru mo nga tau 17.