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| Full name | Travis Norton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-04-12)12 April 1976 (age 48) Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Lock, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Travis Norton (born 12 April 1976 inRedcliffe,Queensland) is an Australian former professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative lock forward, he played his club football with theSouth Queensland Crushers,Canterbury-Bankstown and theNorth Queensland Cowboys, whom he captained to the2005 NRL Grand Final.
Norton played his junior rugby league for the Moranbah Miners.[citation needed]
Norton made his first grade debut for South Queensland against theCanberra Raiders in round 1 of the1995 ARL season atLang Park. Norton departed South Queensland at the end of 1996 after the club finished with theWooden Spoon.
In 1997, Norton joined Canterbury who had aligned themselves with the rivalSuper League competition. In the1998 NRL season, Norton played 29 games as Canterbury finished 9th on the table and qualified for the finals. Canterbury proceeded to make the1998 NRL Grand Final after winning 4 sudden death elimination matches in a row including the club's famous preliminary final victory over rivalsParramatta which is considered to be one of the greatest comebacks of all time. After being 18-2 down with less than 10 minutes remaining, Canterbury scored 3 tries to take the game into extra-time before winning the match 32–20.[2][3]
The following week, he played at lock forward for Canterbury in their loss at the1998 NRL grand final to theBrisbane Broncos. Norton played with Canterbury until the end of 2003, when salary cap issues saw him leave the club to join theNorth Queensland Cowboys.[4]
Norton captained the Cowboys from 2004–06, leading them to the2005 NRL Grand Final which they lost to theWests Tigers, with Norton scoring a try.[5] That year, he was joined at the Cowboys by fellow ex-Bulldogs teammateJohnathan Thurston.[6]
Norton retired at the end of the2006 NRL season.[7]