Ewan Philip Fraser Ashman (born 3 April 2000) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh Rugby and the Scotland national team.
Professional career
Club
Born in
Toronto,
Canada, Ashman started playing rugby at English club
Sandbach RUFC.
First playing as a centre or a back row, Ashman eventually became a hooker.
He made his senior debut for the Cheshire club in Midlands Premier during the 2017–18 season,
During the next season he was first loaned to Edinburgh Rugby as players had left for the World Cup, but never managed to make his professional debut, being blocked by Dave Cherry, Cameron Fenton and Mike Willemse,
Back with the Sharks, Ashman made his Premiership debut on 5 September 2020, coming on as a substitute against Leicester Tigers, in the late post-covid break 2019–20 Premiership Rugby.
On 22 November 2021 it was announced that Ashman would join Glasgow Warriors on loan, but he returned to Sale Sharks four days later due to an injury crisis.
International
He played for Scotland from under 16 level, qualifying through his Edinburgh-born father.
He played for Scotland U20s in the 2019 U20 Six Nations and the 2019 World Championship, where despite Scotland's disappointing run, he finished as the tournament's top try scorer with seven.
He also took part in the 2020 U20 Six Nations,
In the 2020–21 season he earned his first call-ups for the Scotland senior team under Gregor Townsend, both during the Autumn Nations Cup
British & Irish Lions
He was not selected in the initial squad for the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, but was subsequently called up ahead of the test series getting underway.
He made an appearance in the final midweek match against the First Nations and Pasifika XV, becoming Lion #888.
Career statistics
List of international tries
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|style="text-align:center;"|1
|7 November 2021
|Murrayfield Stadium,
Edinburgh, Scotland
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|style="text-align:center;"|12–10
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|2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals
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|style="text-align:center;"|2
|rowspan="2"|16 July 2022
|rowspan="2"|Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
|rowspan="2"|
|style="text-align:center;"|12–10
|rowspan="2"
|rowspan="2"|2022 mid-year rugby union internationals
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|style="text-align:center;"|3
|style="text-align:center;"|19–13
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|style="text-align:center;"|4
|7 October 2023
|Stade de France,
Paris, France
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|style="text-align:center;"|36–5
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|2023 Rugby World Cup
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|style="text-align:center;"|5
|rowspan="3"|12 July 2024
|rowspan="3"|
Audi Field,
Washington DC, United States of America
|rowspan="3"|
|style="text-align:center;"|12–0
|rowspan="3"
|rowspan="3"|2024 mid-year rugby union tests
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|style="text-align:center;"|6
|style="text-align:center;"|19–0
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|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|26–7
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|style="text-align:center;"|8
|27 July 2024
|Estadio Charrúa,
Montevideo, Uruguay
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|style="text-align:center;"|5-0
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|2024 mid-year rugby union tests
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