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{{short description|English rugby league coach and footballer}}
{{for|the American ophthalmologist|Harvey J. Howard}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Harvey Howard
|fullname       = Harvey Howard
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|position       = {{Rlp|PR}}
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1968|08|29|df=y}}
|birth_place    = England
|height         = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} 
|weight         = {{convert|16|st|10|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|retired        = yes
|club1          = [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]]
|year1start     = 1990
|year1end       = 94
|appearances1   = 66
|tries1         = 5
|goals1         = 0 
|fieldgoals1    = 0 
|points1        = 20 
|club2          = [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]]
|year2start     = 1993
|year2end       = 
|appearances2   = 4
|tries2         = 0 
|goals2         = 0 
|fieldgoals2    = 0 
|points2        = 0
|club3          = [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
|year3start     = 1994
|year3end       = 96
|appearances3   = 61
|tries3         = 3
|goals3         = 0 
|fieldgoals3    = 0
|points3        = 12
|club4          = [[Western Suburbs Magpies|Western Suburbs]]
|year4start     = 1996
|year4end       = 99
|appearances4   = 59
|tries4         = 1
|goals4         = 0
|fieldgoals4    = 0
|points4        = 4
|club5          = [[Bradford Bulls]]
|year5start     = 1998
|year5end       = 
|appearances5   = 6
|tries5         = 1 
|goals5         = 0
|fieldgoals5    = 0
|points5        = 4
|club6          = [[Brisbane Broncos]]
|year6start     = 2000
|year6end       = 
|appearances6   = 14
|tries6         = 0 
|goals6         = 0 
|fieldgoals6    = 0
|points6        = 0
|club7          = [[Wigan Warriors]]
|year7start     = 2001
|year7end       = 02
|appearances7   = 57
|tries7         = 1 
|goals7         = 0
|fieldgoals7    = 0 
|points7        = 4
|club8          = {{nowrap|[[Hull Kingston Rovers]]}}
|year8start     = 2003
|year8end       = 
|appearances8   = 12
|tries8         = 2
|goals8         = 0
|fieldgoals8    = 0
|points8        = 8
|teamA          = [[England national rugby league team|England]]
|yearAstart     = 1995
|yearAend       = 2000
|appearancesA   = 6
|triesA         = 0
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 0
|teamB          = [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]]
|yearBstart     = 1998
|yearBend       = 
|appearancesB   = 1
|triesB         = 0
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 0
|teamC          = Rest of the World
|yearCstart     = 1997
|yearCend       = 
|appearancesC   = 1
|triesC         = 0
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 0
| coachteam1         = {{nowrap|[[Hull Kingston Rovers]]}}
| coachyear1start    = 2004
| coachyear1end      = 05
| coachgames1        = 0
| coachwins1         = 0
| coachdraws1        = 0
| coachlosses1       = 0
|updated        = 23 January 2019
|source         = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harvey-howard/summary.html|title=Harvey Howard - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref>
}}

'''Harvey Howard''' is an English former professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] and [[England national rugby league team|England]] international representative {{rlp|pr}}, he played club football in England for [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]], [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]], [[Bradford Bulls]] and [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]], and in Australia for the [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs Roosters]], [[Western Suburbs Magpies]] and the [[Brisbane Broncos]], with whom he won the 2000 grand final.

==Playing career==
===Widnes===
Howard joined [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] in 1990 from [[rugby union]] club [[Waterloo F.C.|Waterloo]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby League |work=The Observer |date=9 September 1990 |location=London |page=23 |id={{ProQuest|477387647}}}}</ref> During his early career at the club, Howard played on the [[wing (rugby league)|wing]], deputising for [[Martin Offiah]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Widnes turn on sparkling show |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003936/19900921/032/0032 |work=Runcorn & Widnes Herald & Post |date=21 September 1990 |page=32 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was later converted into a [[prop forward]] by coach [[Doug Laughton]], which would become his preferred position.<ref name="Rugby League: Leeds sign Howard for pounds 100,000: Prop's saga over">{{cite web |title=Rugby League: Leeds sign Howard for pounds 100,000: Prop's saga over |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-leeds-sign-howard-for-pounds-100-000-prop-s-saga-over-1404936.html |website=The Independent |access-date=15 July 2023 |date=5 January 1994}}</ref>

Howard played left-{{rlp|sr}} in [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] 24–0 victory over [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]] in the [[1991–92 League Cup (rugby league)|1991–92 Regal Trophy]] Final during the [[1991–92 Rugby Football League season|1991–92 season]] at [[Central Park (Wigan)|Central Park]], [[Wigan]] on Saturday 11 January 1992. He played right-{{rlp|pr}} in [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]]' 14-20 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1993 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1992–93 Rugby Football League season|1992–93 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 1 May 1993. During the summer in 1993, he played for [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]].

===Leeds===
In January 1994, Howard was signed by Leeds for a fee of £100,000.<ref name="Rugby League: Leeds sign Howard for pounds 100,000: Prop's saga over" />

He played right-{{rlp|pr}} in [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]' 16-26 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1994 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1993–94 Rugby Football League season|1993–94 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 30 April 1994, and played left-{{rlp|pr}} in the 10-30 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[1995 Challenge Cup]] Final during the [[1994–95 Rugby Football League season|1994–95 season]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], [[London]] on Saturday 29 April 1995. Also while at Leeds, in 1995 he won his first international cap for [[England national rugby league team|England]] against Wales.<ref name="England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Howard&submit=Go&c=England|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|title=Men's Honour Roll|website=Sydney Roosters|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090103/https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Australia===
During his time with the [[Western Suburbs Magpies]] on the playing roster, he gained several nicknames, including Harves and Harvester, freight, but also mainly as Night Train. This was because of a song at the time which he insisted the whole team listen to a song called "Night Train". In 1997, he played for the 'Rest of the World' against Australia. In 1998, Howard briefly returned to England, signing a short-term contract with [[Bradford Bulls]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jet-lagged Howard set for Bulls debut |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8073943.jet-lagged-howard-set-for-bulls-debut/ |website=Telegraph & Argus |access-date=16 July 2023 |date=29 August 1998}}</ref> While at Bradford Bulls, he won a [[Cap (sport)|cap]] for [[Great Britain national rugby league team|Great Britain]] against New Zealand as a substitute.<ref name="Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Howard&submit=Go&c=GB|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>

After four seasons with Wests in the late 1990s. Howard played in Western Suburbs final ever game in the NRL as a stand-alone entity which was a 60-16 loss against the [[Auckland Warriors]] at [[Campbelltown Stadium]]. Howard could not win a place in the joint team, [[Wests Tigers]] but [[Wayne Bennett (rugby league)|Wayne Bennett]] had no such concern, using Howard as a stop-gap {{rlp|PR}} and bringing him off the bench in the Broncos' [[2000 NRL Grand Final]] win over the [[Sydney Roosters]]. After that Howard represented England in the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup]], also mostly from the interchange bench.

===Later career===
He played {{rlp|pr}} for the [[Wigan Warriors]] in the [[2001 Super League Grand Final]] defeat by the [[Bradford Bulls]]. He went on to play for [[Hull Kingston Rovers]], but was forced to retire in 2004 after being injured in a car crash.<ref>{{cite web |title=Howard forced to quit |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wigan/3525173.stm |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2023 |date=2 March 2004}}</ref>

==Post playing==
Harvey returned to Australia on a permanent basis, and now works full-time for the Western Suburbs Magpies DRLFC as Development officer, in charge of the junior grades of football, as well as the Junior Magpies development teams.

Howard was appointed [[Hull Kingston Rovers]]' first team coach in late 2004. Howard was dismissed shortly before the [[Northern Rail Cup]] Final, which the Hull Kingston Roverswent on to win 18-16 over [[Castleford Tigers]], with the Hull Kingston Rovers utilising the temporary [[player-coach]]ing abilities of [[James Webster (rugby league)|James Webster]]. Permanently taking over from Howard was the former [[Toulouse Olympique|Toulouse]] coach, [[Justin Morgan (rugby league)|Justin Morgan]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{Broncos player|20}}
*[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/harvey-howard/summary.html Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org]
*[http://www.therhinos.co.uk/rugby/matchcentre/leeds_rhinos_1st_xiii_profiles.php?player=82769&includeref=dynamic Profile at Leeds Rhinos official website]

{{Brisbane Broncos squad 2000 NRL premiership}}
{{England 2000 Rugby League World Cup Squad}}
{{Hull KR coaches}}

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