James Down

{{short description|Welsh rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = James Down

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = James Down

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|08|29}}

| birth_place = Bridgend, Wales

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.96 m

| weight = 118 kg

| position = Lock

| years1 = 2006–2014

| years2 = 2014–2015

| years3 = 2015–2020

| years4 = 2020–2022

| clubs1 = Cardiff Blues

| clubs2 = London Welsh

| clubs3 = Cardiff Blues

| clubs4 = Lokomotiv Penza

| apps1 = 63

| apps3 = 69

| points1 = 5

| points3 = 0

}}

James Down (born 29 August 1987) is a rugby union player for the Russian club Lokomotiv Penza. His position of choice is second row.

On 23 July 2014, Down moved to England to join London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership from the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/28440589|work=BBC Sport|title=London Welsh sign Cardiff Blues second-row James Down|date=23 July 2014}} but returned to Cardiff in the following season.