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| Born | 10 September 2006 Nambour, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jai Bowden (born 10 September 2006) is an Australian rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Born in Nambour, Bowden attended Mountain Creek State High School while growing up on the Sunshine Coast, where he played his junior rugby league for the Noosa Dolphins and Kawana Pirates.
Bowden, a hooker, joined the Melbourne Storm Academy in 2023. He earned early representative honours with the under-17s Queensland Country side and in 2025 appeared in the under-19s State of Origin for Queensland.
In 2026, Bowden played seven NSW Cup matches for the Storm and late in the NRL season made his first-grade debut, with the 19-year-old coming on off the bench against Canterbury at AAMI Park. He is signed on by the Storm until the end of 2030.