Norman Rangi Berryman (15 April 1973 – 22 June 2015) was a New Zealand

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player who played as a winger and centre. Accessed 1 March 2009 He played one Test for the

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, and represented Northland, the

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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. 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 for the new Super 12. Berryman was drafted into the

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in 1997, and eventually into the

in 1998. With the Crusaders he won three Super 12 championships (1998, 1999, and 2000). Teammate Justin Marshall: "At the Crusaders, we were very structured and defence orientated and he definitely wasn't that. errymanwould 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." 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. Berryman rejoined Northland for the 2003 NPC, playing his 100th game for the team that year. In 2004, Berryman moved to

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, Australia, where he played for Southern Districts in 2005.

International career

Berryman played one

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for the

, as a replacement against

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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 in 1992, and from 1995–2000. On his return to New Zealand in 2003 he was selected for the Māori again, this time for their tour of Canada.

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, is an Australian dual-code rugby player. From 2004, Berryman lived in Australia–first residing in Sydney, then

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. In

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, 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.

Notes and references

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