International Career
Howells is eligible to play for England by birth, and also qualifies for Wales through one of his grandfathers. Wales enquired about picking Howells for their under-21 team towards the end of the 2008–09 season, but on 30 October 2009 Howells was named in the England C squad for the match against the Poland U23 team on 17 November. He earned his first cap in a 2–1 victory over the Poles. Howells scored his first goal for England C in a 1–0 victory over Estonia U23 in the International Challenge Trophy on 12 October 2010.
In August 2011, Howells agreed to play for Wales U21, being eligible to do so as the England C team is classified as semi-professional. He made his debut for Wales U21 in a 1–2 friendly loss to Hungary U21 on 10 August 2011. He made four further appearances during the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification campaign, playing in victories over Montenegro U21 and Andorra U21, and defeats to the Czech Republic U21 and Armenia U21 as Wales U21 failed to qualify.
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