Maurice Richards
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| Full name | Maurice Charles Rees Richards | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 February 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Ystrad, Wales | ||
| School | Tonypandy School | ||
| Rugby league career | |||
| Position | Back | ||
| Professional clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1969—1983 | Salford | 498 | 956 |
| National teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1969—1975 1974 |
Wales Great Britain |
3 2 |
(0) (0) |
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | wing | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| ?—1969 | Cardiff RFC | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1968—1969 1969 |
Wales British Lions |
9 3 |
(21) (0) |
Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945)[1] is a former dual code rugby international for Wales. A winger, he was part of the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa
Richards played rugby union at club level for Cardiff and the Wales national rugby union team before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.[2]
Playing career
International honours
Maurice Richards won caps for Wales (RL) while at Salford 1969…1975 3-caps (World Cup in 1975 1-cap), and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Salford in 1974 against Australia, and New Zealand
Career Records
Maurice Richards holds Salford's "Most Career Appearances" record with 605 appearances,[3] and is one of the fewer than twenty Welshmen to have scored more than 200-tries in their rugby league career.[4]
References
- ↑ Maurice Richards rugby union profile Scrum.com
- ↑ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page—108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978—1—903659—49—6
- ↑ "Salford at greyhoundderby.com". greyhoundderby.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North — Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0—9511190—3—6
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