Calvin Howarth
| Birth name | Calvin Howarth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 June 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Auckland University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Shane Howarth, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Calvin Howarth (born 18 June 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born former Scotland 'A' international rugby union player. He plays at Fly-half.
Howarth was selected for Scotland A on the basis of a four-year residency period and played in Scotland's match against Romania[1] in 2002 to confirm his Scottish nationality.[2] His older brother Shane Howarth represented both New Zealand and Wales.
He moved from New Zealand where he played for North Harbour to Scotland. Playing for Boroughmuir from 1998[3] he helped the team rise through the divisions and also won the BT Cellnet Cup in 2001 beating Melrose. He secured a place with professional district side Edinburgh in 2001.[4]
He was loaned to Glasgow Warriors in March 2002 when their fly-half Barry Irving was injured, as cover for their Cook Islands international fly-half Tommy Hayes. This move became permanent for the 2002-03 season.[5]
He stayed at Glasgow Warriors until 2006-07 season when he moved to Italian side Viadana and stayed there until 2009.[6]
Now back in Auckland, New Zealand, Howarth is a real estate consultant.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Naohiko MORI. "Calvin Howarth". Oval Planet - All about world RUGBY football. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Howarth hails his friends at".
- ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Calvin Howarth".
- ^ Peter Donald (1 September 2000). "Howarth holds out big hopes for new boys Boroughmuir". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Calvin Howarth Stays With Glasgow". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Rugby - Player statistics Howarth Calvin - club stats".
- ^ "Calvin Howarth". LinkedIn.
External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- Scottish rugby union players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- Glasgow Warriors players
- Rugby Viadana players
- Boroughmuir RFC players
- Stirling County RFC players
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Rugby union fly-halves
- North Harbour rugby union players
- Scotland A international rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Scottish expatriate rugby union players