{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (1973–2015)}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Norm Berryman | image = | caption = | birth_name = Norman Rangi Berryman | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1973|4|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|6|23|1973|5|15}} | death_place = Perth, Western Australia | height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Centre, Winger | repteam1 = All Blacks | repteam2 = Māori All Blacks | repyears1 = 1998 | repyears2 = 1995–2000, 2003 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = 2015-06-25 | super1 = Chiefs | super2 = Blues | super3 = Crusaders | superapps1 = | superapps2 = 3 | superapps3 = 30 | superpoints1 = | superpoints2 = 0 | superpoints3 = 75 | superyears1 = 1996 | superyears2 = 1997 | superyears3 = 1998–2000 | super14update = | province1 = Northland | provinceyears1 = 1991–2000, 2003 | provinceapps1 = 107 | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = 2015-06-25 | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | years1 = | clubs1 = Castres Olympique | clubs2 = CS Bourgoin-Jallieu | apps1 = | points1 = | ru_clubupdate = 2007-01-17 | other = | occupation = | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = Church College | university = }}
'''Norman Rangi Berryman''' (15 April 1973 – 22 June 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played as a winger and centre.<ref name="ABProfile">{{All Blacks|55|Norm Berryman}} Accessed 1 March 2009</ref><ref name=AllBlackography /> He played one Test for the All Blacks, and represented Northland, the Crusaders and the Chiefs in New Zealand. In France, he played for Castres Olympique and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu.
==Representative career== Berryman first played first class rugby as an 18-year-old for Northland in the National Provincial Championship (NPC), in 1991.<ref name="ABProfile"/> The next year he played in the New Zealand (All Black) trial, but wasn't picked for the national team.<ref name=AllBlackography /> He continued to play for Northland, and in 1996 joined the Chiefs for the new Super 12. Berryman was drafted into the Blues in 1997, and eventually into the Crusaders in 1998. With the Crusaders he won three Super 12 championships (1998, 1999, and 2000).<ref name="ABProfile"/>
Teammate Justin Marshall: "At the Crusaders, we were very structured and defence orientated and he definitely wasn't that. [Berryman] would play off the cuff and he enabled us to use our defence to swing on to attack. It was vital. And the crowd loved him."<ref>{{cite web|title=All Blacks greats on the passing of Norm Berryman|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11469760|website=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref>
During the 2000 NPC, he left New Zealand for France, playing for Castres Olympique then CS Bourgoin-Jallieu. He returned to New Zealand in May 2003.<ref name="AuRevoirFrance">{{cite news| title=Au revoir France ... bonjour Canada |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=19 July 2003}}</ref> Berryman rejoined Northland for the 2003 NPC, playing his 100th game for the team that year.<ref name="100game">{{cite news| title=No 4. for Berryman |work=Dominion Post|date=23 August 2003 }}</ref> In 2004, Berryman moved to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, where he played for Southern Districts in 2005.<ref name="InAust">{{cite news| title=Rebels secure All Black Norm |publisher=Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) |pages=66 |date=10 April 2005 |last=Smith |first=Terry}}</ref>
==International career== Berryman played one Test for the All Blacks, as a replacement against South Africa in 1998.<ref name="ABProfile"/> He also played for New Zealand A in the tour to Samoa that year, and in 1999.<ref name=AllBlackography /><ref name=BerrymanHeartAttack />
He was a member of the New Zealand Māori in 1992, and from 1995–2000.<ref name=AllBlackography>{{cite book|last1=Palenski|first1=Ron|title=The All Blackography|date=2014|publisher=Mower|isbn=978-1-927262-16-0|page=42}}</ref><ref name="AuRevoirFrance"/> On his return to New Zealand in 2003 he was selected for the Māori again, this time for their tour of Canada.<ref name="AuRevoirFrance"/><ref name="BerrymanBuzzing">{{cite news| title=Berryman buzzing over NZ Maori recall |publisher=NZPA |date=17 July 2003}}</ref>
==Personal life== Berryman was born in Wellington, moving to Whangarei as a child. He began playing rugby at Whangarei Intermediate School, continuing through Whangarei Boys' High School and Church College. He had six children.<ref name=AllBlackography /><ref name=BerrymanHeartAttack /> His niece, Kennedy Cherrington, is an Australian dual-code rugby player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-youth-games-2017-peerless-australia-strike-gold-in-womens-rugby-sevens/news-story/1db99af44c7145ff330d1c62fca358f7|title=Commonwealth Youth Games 2017: Peerless Australia strike gold in women's rugby sevens|date=22 July 2017|website=The Courier-Mail|access-date=29 October 2022|author=Tucker, Jim|location=The Bahamas}}</ref>
From 2004, Berryman lived in Australia–first residing in Sydney, then Western Australia. In Perth, he stayed involved in club rugby, playing in the third-grade Kalamunda team, and coaching at his son's club, Wanneroo. He died of a heart attack in Perth on 22 June 2015, aged 42.<ref name=BerrymanHeartAttack>{{cite web|title=Norman Berryman dies of heart attack|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/69622819/norman-berryman-dies-of-heart-attack|publisher=Stuff |accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref>
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