Steve 'Knocker' Norton is an English former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer. He represented Yorkshire, England and Great Britain and played club football for Castleford

Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...

 before moving to Hull, and Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

. Norton was widely regarded as one of the greatest exponents of the game, with a distinctive side-step and ability to off-load the ball. He played at , or and contributed to a period of great success for the Hull club. Some observers have suggested that he never achieved the same heights on the international stage, but he is still a living legend in the City of Hull.

National Rugby League Grand Finals

Steve Norton is one of only eight Englishmen to have played in Australian National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 Grand Final

Grand Final

Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...

 winning teams, they are; for St. George Dragons

St. George Dragons

The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,...

 in 1966 Dick Huddart

Dick Huddart

Dick Huddart is an English-Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. He played in the for Whitehaven and St. Helens in England, and for the St. George Dragons in Australia...

; for Balmain Tigers

Balmain Tigers

The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles...

 in 1969 David "Dave" Bolton

Dave Bolton

David "Dave" R. Bolton is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who later became a coach in the NSWRFL premiership...

; for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia...

 in 1972 and 1973 Malcolm "Mal" Reilly

Mal Reilly

Malcolm J. Reilly is an English former rugby league footballer and coach. A Great Britain international representative , Reilly played club football for Castleford Tigers in England and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Australia...

; in 1976 Phil Lowe

Phil Lowe

Phil Lowe is an English former Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. A Great Britain and England international representative second-row forward, he played club football in England for Hull Kingston Rovers and in Australia with Manly-Warringah, whom he helped to...

, Steve 'Knocker' Norton, and Gary Stephens

Gary Stephens

Gary Stephens is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s and '90s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Wigan, Halifax, and...

; in 1987 Kevin Ward

Kevin Ward (rugby league)

Kevin Ward is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and 90s. A product of Stanley Rangers, he was a , and occasionally , who represented Castleford and St. Helens in England. He also represented the Manly Sea Eagles during a spell in Australia...

; and for Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 in 2002 Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League...

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External links

• Castleford Tigers profile
• Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org