Norm Hewitt

Norm Hewitt

Full name	Norman Jason Hewitt
Date of birth	11 November 1968 (1968-11-11) (age 43)
Place of birth	Hastings, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
New Zealand No.	938
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1988–1994 1995–1997 1999–2001	Hawke's Bay Southland Wellington	92 22 31
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996–2001	Hurricanes	66	(10)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1993–1998	New Zealand	9	(0)

Norman "Norm" Hewitt (born 11 November 1968) is a former New Zealand All Black Rugby Union Player. He was selected for the New Zealand team because of his fantastic performance in Hawkes Bay's surprise victory over the British Lions in 1993. In 1997 while playing for New Zealand against England Hewitt was confronted during his side's haka (a traditional Maori war dance) by his English counterpart Richard Cockerill, during the latter's first start for his country.

He made a dramatic public apology after a drunken incident in 1998,^[1] and thereafter became an outspoken advocate of changing drinking habits. Hewitt was also the winner of season one of Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) in 2005.^[2] He donated his winnings to literacy charity Duffy Books in Homes.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Battling alcohol abuse the Norm Hewitt way"
2. ^ "Norm's one happy hooker". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 2005. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/norms-one-happy-hooker/2005/06/20/1119119773218.html. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 
3. ^ Cheng, Derek (20 June 2005). "Big Norm was people's choice for 'Dancing with the Stars'". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/dance/news/article.cfm?c_id=169&objectid=10331640. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 

External links

• Norm Hewitt at AllBlacks.com

New title

Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand) winner Season 1 (2005 with Carol-Ann Hickmore)

Succeeded by Lorraine Downes & Aaron Gilmore)

Persondata
Name	Hewitt, Norm
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Short description
Date of birth	11 November 1968
Place of birth	Hastings, New Zealand
Date of death
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