Calvin Howarth (born 18 June 1976 in

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) is a New Zealand born former Scotland 'A' international rugby union player. He plays at

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. Howarth was selected for Scotland A on the basis of a four-year residency period and played in Scotland's match against Romania in 2002 to confirm his Scottish nationality. His older brother

Shane Howarth Shane Paul Howarth (born 8 July 1968) is a former international rugby union player who gained four caps and scored 54 points for the All Blacks before later switching allegiance to Wales, attaining 19 Welsh caps. An outside-half or full-back, ...

represented both

and

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. He moved from

where he played for North Harbour to Scotland. Playing for Boroughmuir from 1998 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

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in 2001. He was loaned to

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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. He stayed at

until 2006-07 season when he moved to Italian side

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and stayed there until 2009. Now back in

, Howarth is a real estate consultant.

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ESPN biographyStatbunker biographyPro12 biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howarth, Calvin 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