Career
Howard was schooled at Saint Joseph"s College, Hunters Hill and then played his club rugby with Sydney"s, Sydney university. He also took up rowing at the senior level with the Sydney Rowing Club. He stroked a junior VIII for the club in 1964 and stroked a coxed pair to a State Championship in the 1964/65 season.
Howard made his international rugby debut on 6 June 1970 against Scotland and went on to make six further international representative appearances between 1970 and 1973.
His final Test appearance was on the 1973 tour of Wales and England. Howard died on 11 December 2015 at the age of 70.