# Norm Berryman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Norm_Berryman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Norm_Berryman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Berryman > Source revision: 1308560699 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Wellington), New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|6|23|1973|5|15}} | death_place = [Perth](/source/Perth), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) | height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = [Centre](/source/Centre_(rugby_union)), Winger | repteam1 = [All Blacks](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team) | repteam2 = [Māori All Blacks](/source/M%C4%81ori_All_Blacks) | repyears1 = 1998 | repyears2 = 1995–2000, 2003 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = 2015-06-25 | super1 = [Chiefs](/source/Chiefs_(rugby_union)) | super2 = [Blues](/source/Blues_(Super_Rugby)) | super3 = [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders_(rugby_union)) | superapps1 = | superapps2 = 3 | superapps3 = 30 | superpoints1 = | superpoints2 = 0 | superpoints3 = 75 | superyears1 = 1996 | superyears2 = 1997 | superyears3 = 1998–2000 | super14update = | province1 = [Northland](/source/Northland_Rugby_Union) | provinceyears1 = 1991–2000, 2003 | provinceapps1 = 107 | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = 2015-06-25 | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | years1 = | clubs1 = [Castres Olympique](/source/Castres_Olympique) | clubs2 = [CS Bourgoin-Jallieu](/source/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](/source/rugby_union) player who played as a winger and centre.{{All Blacks|55|Norm Berryman}} Accessed 1 March 2009 He played one Test for the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks), and represented [Northland](/source/Northland_Rugby_Union), the [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders_(rugby_union)) and the [Chiefs](/source/Chiefs_(rugby_union)) in New Zealand. In France, he played for [Castres Olympique](/source/Castres_Olympique) and [CS Bourgoin-Jallieu](/source/CS_Bourgoin-Jallieu). ==Representative career== Berryman first played first class rugby as an 18-year-old for Northland in the [National Provincial Championship](/source/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)) (NPC), in 1991. The next year he played in the New Zealand (All Black) trial, but wasn't picked for the national team. He continued to play for Northland, and in 1996 joined the [Chiefs](/source/Chiefs_(rugby_union)) for the new [Super 12](/source/Super_Rugby). Berryman was drafted into the [Blues](/source/Blues_(Super_Rugby)) in 1997, and eventually into the [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders_(rugby_union)) in 1998. With the Crusaders he won three Super 12 championships (1998, 1999, and 2000). Teammate [Justin Marshall](/source/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."{{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](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |accessdate=25 June 2015}} During the 2000 NPC, he left New Zealand for France, playing for [Castres Olympique](/source/Castres_Olympique) then [CS Bourgoin-Jallieu](/source/CS_Bourgoin-Jallieu). He returned to New Zealand in May 2003.{{cite news| title=Au revoir France ... bonjour Canada |work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |date=19 July 2003}} Berryman rejoined Northland for the 2003 NPC, playing his 100th game for the team that year.{{cite news| title=No 4. for Berryman |work=Dominion Post|date=23 August 2003 }} In 2004, Berryman moved to [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia, where he played for [Southern Districts](/source/Southern_Districts_Rugby_Club) in 2005.{{cite news| title=Rebels secure All Black Norm |publisher=Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) |pages=66 |date=10 April 2005 |last=Smith |first=Terry}} ==International career== Berryman played one [Test](/source/Test_match_(rugby_union)) for the [All Blacks](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team), as a replacement against [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team) in 1998. He also played for New Zealand A in the tour to Samoa that year, and in 1999. He was a member of the [New Zealand Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_All_Blacks) in 1992, and from 1995–2000.{{cite book|last1=Palenski|first1=Ron|title=The All Blackography|date=2014|publisher=Mower|isbn=978-1-927262-16-0|page=42}} On his return to New Zealand in 2003 he was selected for the Māori again, this time for their tour of Canada.{{cite news| title=Berryman buzzing over NZ Maori recall |publisher=NZPA |date=17 July 2003}} ==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. His niece, [Kennedy Cherrington](/source/Kennedy_Cherrington), is an Australian dual-code rugby player.{{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](/source/The_Courier-Mail)|access-date=29 October 2022|author=Tucker, Jim|location=[The Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas)}} From 2004, Berryman lived in Australia–first residing in Sydney, then [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). In [Perth](/source/Perth), he stayed involved in club rugby, playing in the third-grade [Kalamunda](/source/Kalamunda) team, and coaching at his son's club, Wanneroo. He died of a heart attack in Perth on 22 June 2015, aged 42.{{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](/source/Stuff_(website)) |accessdate=23 June 2015}} ==Notes and references== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Sport links}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berryman, Norm}} Category:1973 births Category:2015 deaths Category:New Zealand international rugby union players Category:Māori All Blacks players Category:New Zealand rugby union coaches Category:New Zealand rugby union players Category:Rugby union centres Category:Rugby union wings Category:CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players Category:Northland rugby union players Category:Chiefs (Super Rugby) players Category:Blues (Super Rugby) players Category:Crusaders (rugby union) players Category:Castres Olympique players Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in France Category:Rugby union players from Wellington City Category:People educated at Whangarei Boys' High School Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Norm Berryman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Berryman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Berryman?action=history)). 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