Norval played for amateur club side Stirling County.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
On leaving Glasgow Norval continued to play for Stirling County but gradually it was a club that began a downward slide[8] however in 2001 there were tipped for promotion back into the BT Premiership.[9] A crop of talented youngsters emerged in the team. No fewer than six players were capped by Scotland at Under 19 or Under 21 age grades.[10] By 2002, they began as if were challenging for the Premiership again. Norval was still in the side as a veteran.[11] Their charge fizzled out at the end of the season and they ended up staving off relegation.[12]
In 2005 Norval played as one of Rugby Ecosse Legends against Fife in an Andy Kerr memorial match,[13] a dual code match for the Fife Lions rugby league star that died after an epileptic seizure.[14]
He was part of a winning Stirling County team that had up to seven players in the Glasgow District team.[15][16][17]
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He played in the European Conference, now European Challenge Cup, for Glasgow.[19] As the Lock named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Norval has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 5 for the provincial side.[20]
Norval was capped for Scotland A.[21]