| Born | Malcolm Norval 24 September 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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]
Norval was capped for Scotland A. [21]