Bob Howie


Robert Howie was a international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.

Provincial career

Howie was capped by Midlands District.

International career

He was capped seven times as a prop forward for between 1924–25. and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests.

Referee career

He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928.

Family

Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War.
Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying: