Dan Norton (rugby union)
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Dan Norton is a rugby union
player for Bristol Rugby
in the Guinness Championship. He plays as a winger.
Norton was at the Gloucester academy and dual registered with Moseley
for both the 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons.
In April 2009, it was announced that Norton would be joining Bristol for the next season. Dan played the start of the 2009-2010 for Bristol and soon established himself as the best winger in the league and top scorer. However after returning from England sevens duty his time with the different format seemed to lose his edge, and was not given enough time to convert, becoming a bit part player for the rest of the season. The following 2010-2011 season his main focus was on the 7s format playing in the Commonwealth Games and a regular on the IRB circuit. Although he re-established himself in the B&I Cup winning Bristol side at the end of the season, he was not included in the Bristol retained players list announced at the end of May 2011.
Norton is a centrally contracted England Sevens player for the 2011-12 season, playing a handful of 15-a-side games in National Division Two South with Hartpury College RFC when sevens commitments allow.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...
in the Guinness Championship. He plays as a winger.
Norton was at the Gloucester academy and dual registered with Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
for both the 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons.
In April 2009, it was announced that Norton would be joining Bristol for the next season. Dan played the start of the 2009-2010 for Bristol and soon established himself as the best winger in the league and top scorer. However after returning from England sevens duty his time with the different format seemed to lose his edge, and was not given enough time to convert, becoming a bit part player for the rest of the season. The following 2010-2011 season his main focus was on the 7s format playing in the Commonwealth Games and a regular on the IRB circuit. Although he re-established himself in the B&I Cup winning Bristol side at the end of the season, he was not included in the Bristol retained players list announced at the end of May 2011.
Norton is a centrally contracted England Sevens player for the 2011-12 season, playing a handful of 15-a-side games in National Division Two South with Hartpury College RFC when sevens commitments allow.