Harvey Howard

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Harvey Howard
Personal information
Full nameHarvey Howard
Born (1968-08-29) 29 August 1968 (age 54)
England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight16 st 10 lb (106 kg)
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1990–94 Widnes 6650020
1993 Eastern Suburbs 40000
1994–96 Leeds 6130012
1996–99 Western Suburbs 591004
1998 Bradford Bulls 61004
2000 Brisbane Broncos 140000
2001–02 Wigan Warriors 571004
2003 Hull Kingston Rovers
Total267110044
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995–2000 England 60000
1998 Great Britain
1997Rest of the World
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2004–05 Hull Kingston Rovers 0000
Source: [1]

Harvey Howard is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain and England international representative prop, he played club football in England for Widnes, Leeds, Bradford Bulls and Wigan, and in Australia for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, Western Suburbs Magpies and the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 2000 grand final.

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Playing career

Widnes

Howard played left-second-row in Widnes 24-0 victory over Leeds in the 1991–92 Regal Trophy Final during the 1991–92 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 11 January 1992. He played right-prop in Widnes' 14-20 defeat by Wigan in the 1993 Challenge Cup Final during the 1992–93 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1993. During the summer in 1993, he played for Eastern Suburbs.

Leeds

In January 1994, Howard was signed by Leeds for a fee of £100,000. [2]

He played right-prop in Leeds' 16-26 defeat by Wigan in the 1994 Challenge Cup Final during the 1993–94 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1994, and played left-prop in the 10-30 defeat by Wigan in the 1995 Challenge Cup Final during the 1994–95 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 29 April 1995. Also while at Leeds, in 1995 he won his first international cap for England against Wales. [3] [4]

Australia

During his time with the Western Suburbs Magpies on the playing roster, he gained several nicknames, including Harves and Harvester, freight, but also mainly as Night Train. This was because of a song at the time which he insisted the whole team listen to a song called "Night Train". In 1997, he played for the 'Rest of the World' against Australia. While at Bradford Bulls in 1998 Howard won a cap for Great Britain against New Zealand as a substitute. [5]

After four seasons with Wests in the late 1990s, Howard could not win a place in the joint team, Wests Tigers. Wayne Bennett had no such concern, using Howard as a stop-gap Prop and bringing him off the bench in the Broncos' 2000 NRL Grand Final win over the Sydney Roosters. After that Howard represented England in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, also mostly from the interchange bench.

Later career

He played prop for the Wigan Warriors in the 2001 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Bradford Bulls. He went on to play for Hull Kingston Rovers, but was forced to retire in 2004 after being injured in a car crash. [6]

Post playing

Harvey returned to Australia on a permanent basis, and now works full-time for the Western Suburbs Magpies DRLFC as Development officer, in charge of the junior grades of football, as well as the Junior Magpies development teams.

Howard was appointed Hull Kingston Rovers' first team coach in late 2004. Howard was dismissed shortly before the Northern Rail Cup Final, which the Hull Kingston Roverswent on to win 18-16 over Castleford Tigers, with the Hull Kingston Rovers utilising the temporary player-coaching abilities of James Webster. Permanently taking over from Howard was the former Toulouse coach, Justin Morgan.

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References

  1. ↑ "Harvey Howard - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ "Rugby League: Leeds sign Howard for pounds 100,000: Prop's saga over". The Independent. 5 January 1994. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Howard forced to quit". BBC Sport. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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