Malcolm Norval

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Malcolm Norval
Birth nameMalcolm Norval
Date of birth (1967-09-24) 24 September 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth Scotland
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) [1]
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Stirling County ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-98 Glasgow Warriors 12 (0)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1991-96 Glasgow District ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scotland A

Malcolm Norval (born 24 September 1967) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Norval played for amateur club side Stirling County. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

On leaving Glasgow Norval continued to play for Stirling County but gradually it was a club that began a downward slide [8] however in 2001 there were tipped for promotion back into the BT Premiership. [9] A crop of talented youngsters emerged in the team. No fewer than six players were capped by Scotland at Under 19 or Under 21 age grades. [10] By 2002, they began as if were challenging for the Premiership again. Norval was still in the side as a veteran. [11] Their charge fizzled out at the end of the season and they ended up staving off relegation. [12]

In 2005 Norval played as one of Rugby Ecosse Legends against Fife in an Andy Kerr memorial match, [13] a dual code match for the Fife Lions rugby league star that died after an epileptic seizure. [14]

Provincial and professional career

He was part of a winning Stirling County team that had up to seven players in the Glasgow District team. [15] [16] [17] [18]

He played in the European Conference, now European Challenge Cup, for Glasgow. [19] As the Lock named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Norval has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 5 for the provincial side. [20]

International career

Norval was capped for Scotland A. [21]

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  2. ↑ "Points victory for Melrose as players come to blows in brutal game". scotsman.com.
  3. ↑ "Melrose display fighting quality". scotsman.com.
  4. ↑ "BBC SPORT - Scotland - BT Cup round-up". bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Stirling County in recovery as the spirit of Ken Crichton lives on". Herald Scotland.
  6. ↑ "Ulster to go out on a high". The Irish Times. 11 October 1997.
  7. ↑ "Gala's backs utilise the surprise element". Herald Scotland.
  8. ↑ "Backs reshuffle forced on Ayr". Herald Scotland.
  9. ↑ "Taylor returns for Aberdeen in top of table clash with Stirling". Herald Scotland.
  10. ↑ "Reidy's men try hardest GSFP lose despite score of the day". Herald Scotland.
  11. ↑ "No Headline Present". Herald Scotland.
  12. ↑ "Boroughmuir keep pole position in sight despite Arctic conditions Meggetland side maintain championship charge as the chill begins to bite". Herald Scotland.
  13. ↑ "Hawks legends back in action". glasgowhawks.com.
  14. ↑ "Official Scottish Rugby League".
  15. ↑ "Nicol shows up frailties in the Glasgow line-up". Herald Scotland.
  16. ↑ "Stirling pair step in as Watt and Murphy drop out". Herald Scotland.
  17. ↑ "Glasgow fail to find their feet". Herald Scotland.
  18. ↑ "McKee fills Glasgow gap". Herald Scotland.
  19. ↑ "Newbridge 38-62 Glasgow Rugby : European Rugby Challenge Cup - EPCR - Official Website". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Match Centre - Amlin Challenge Cup - ERC - Official Website". ercrugby.com.
  21. ↑ DAVID HUGHES reports Donnybrook, Dublin (20 January 1996). "Scotland A forwards overrun". The Independent.
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