Player

Howie Norris - Prop

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Howie Norris
Height185
Weight98
Date Of Birth11/06/1934
Place Of BirthPorth
EducationSt Luke's College, Exeter, Porth Secondary School
ClubsCardiff, Tylorstown
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions, Wales Schools
InvitationalBarbarians
Charles Howard Norris played 413 times between 1958 and 1971 scoring 12 tries. Best known as a tough scrummaging prop it may surprise many to learn that he made his debut for Cardiff in the back row and played there and even second row before finally settling into the position for which he is most famous. He was capped twice for Wales (as a prop) both times against France, once in 1963 and the other in 1966.
In 1966 he was selected for the British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and played in the first three tests against the All Blacks, giving him the distinction of earning more caps for the Lions than his own country.
He also played for Tylorstown and made one appearance for Cardiff in the Snelling 7s.
With such an illustrious career with Cardiff it is no surprise to see the name of Howard Norris in the Cardiff Rugby Hall of Fame and further biographical details can be found in that section of the club website.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1958-1959 34 17 4 13 1 0 1 0 6
1959-1960 35 19 7 9 5 0 0 0 15
1960-1961 37 27 5 5 3 0 0 0 9
1961-1962 34 21 5 8 1 1 0 0 5
1962-1963 39 23 5 11 1 0 0 0 3
1963-1964 39 29 2 8 1 0 0 0 3
1964-1965 44 27 6 11 1 0 0 0 3
1965-1966 29 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1966-1967 30 18 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
1967-1968 27 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1968-1969 34 23 3 8 1 0 0 0 3
1969-1970 25 18 3 4 1 1 0 0 5
1970-1971 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971-1972 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 413 271 48 94 15 2 1 0 52
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 24 21 0 3 845 446 104
Llandovery 22 20 0 2 717 355 95
Ebbw Vale 24 18 0 6 724 443 89
Cardiff 24 15 1 8 731 536 78
Pontypridd 24 12 1 11 544 572 63
Pontypool 22 13 0 9 559 501 62
Merthyr 21 11 0 10 535 569 56
Aberavon 23 8 0 15 507 652 47
Bridgend Ravens 22 8 0 14 463 667 42
Swansea 21 6 0 15 427 589 36
Carmarthen Quins 22 5 0 17 469 666 33
RGC 1404 21 5 0 16 424 579 30
Neath 22 3 0 19 379 749 20