Johnny Howard (born 2 October 1980) is a retired English
rugby union player, most often playing as
scrum-half.
Career
Howard first played rugby aged seven at
Aylesbury
Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery, David Tugwell`s house on Watermead and the Waterside Theatre. It is in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wy ...
Rugby Club. In 1998, he joined
Northampton Saints Rugby Academy, and in the next ten years appeared for the club as a scrum-half and occasionally on the wing. In 2008, he moved to France and played for
Aviron Bayonnais.
["La Charnière", ''Hérault Times'', October 2013, p 9 ()] In 2009, he moved again to
Pays d'Aix RC
Provence Rugby ( oc, Provença Rugbi) is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of France's league system. They were promoted back to the second level for the 2018–19 season after 2 seasons in Fédérale 1. ...
and, in 2010, to
AS Béziers Hérault, for whom he played until his retirement from professional rugby in 2013. He was in the squad that won promotion to
Pro D2 in 2010.
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Post-rugby
After retiring from professional sport, Howard opened a restaurant (''La Charnière'') in Béziers
Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...
with another player, Charly Malié.[
]
References
1980 births
Living people
Rugby union scrum-halves
Northampton Saints players
English rugby union players
Rugby union players from Aylesbury
Expatriate rugby union players in France
Aviron Bayonnais players
Provence Rugby players
AS Béziers Hérault players
English expatriate rugby union players
English expatriate sportspeople in France
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