Paul Howell (rugby League)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Paul Howell is a New Zealand former professional
rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
footballer who played in the
Lion Red Cup The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994 to 1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being a ...
, and for the
Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...
.


Playing career

Howell played for the
Petone Panthers Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach". Europeans first settled in Pe ...
, and represented
Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1993'',
New Zealand Rugby Football League The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. SPARC, 2009: 13 The NZRL was founded on 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year.Coffey and Wood '' ...
, 1993. p.p.180-191
With the creation of the
Lion Red Cup The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994 to 1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being a ...
in 1994, Howell joined the
Wellington City Dukes The Wellington City Dukes were a New Zealand rugby league club that represented Wellington City in the Lion Red Cup from 1994 to 1996. In 1997 one of the two Wellington Rugby League sides that competed in the Super League Challenge Cup was also ...
club. Howell was named the Lion Red Cup's best and fairest after the 1994 season, scoring 160 points, including 14 tries.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994'',
New Zealand Rugby Football League The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. SPARC, 2009: 13 The NZRL was founded on 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year.Coffey and Wood '' ...
, 1994. p.98
Howell joined the Hutt Valley Hawks for the 1995 season, scoring 136 points that year.''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995'',
New Zealand Rugby Football League The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. SPARC, 2009: 13 The NZRL was founded on 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year.Coffey and Wood '' ...
, 1995. p.75-84
He returned to the Dukes side for 1996, and again won the best and fairest award. At the conclusion of the
Lion Red Cup The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994 to 1996 sponsored by brewers Lion Nathan. It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being a ...
, Howell was the competition's leading point scorer, with 500 points, the leading try scorer, with 36, and fourth on the all-time appearances list, with 66.''New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98'',
New Zealand Rugby Football League The New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league football in New Zealand. SPARC, 2009: 13 The NZRL was founded on 25 April 1910 in preparation for a tour of Great Britain that same year.Coffey and Wood '' ...
, 1998.
In 1998 Howell played for the
Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...
.


Representative career

In 1993 Howell was selected for the New Zealand Māori team that toured New Zealand. He then was part of the side that competed at the
1994 Pacific Cup The 1994 Pacific Cup was the seventh staging of the Pacific Cup. It is a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted by Fiji and eventually won by Tonga, who defeated the hosts 34 - 11 in the final. Squads Befo ...
. In 1996 Howell played for the New Zealand Māori side that upset the touring Great Britain side 40–28.Morley given immediate chance to atone
''The Independent'', 21 October 1996
Howell kicked six goals in the victory. He also played for the Māori in the 1996
Pacific Challenge The 1996 Pacific Challenge was a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was played over eight days and in six countries. It featured an uneven draw with every team playing twice, except for Tonga and the New Zealand XII ...
and in a match against
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. In 1998, Howell captained New Zealand Māori tours of the Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howell, Paul Living people New Zealand rugby league players Wellington rugby league team players Petone Panthers players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players Widnes Vikings players Rugby league five-eighths Year of birth missing (living people)