Richard Eyres

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Richard Eyres
Personal information
Born	(1966-12-07) 7 December 1966
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1984–93	Widnes	296	60	1	2
1993–96	Leeds
1997	Warrington Wolves
1997	Sheffield Eagles
1998	Swinton Lions
1999	Widnes Vikings
	Total	296	60	1	2	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992	England	1	0	0	0	0
1995–99	Wales	8	2	0	0	8
1993–98	Great Britain	9	2	0	0	8
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1996–1997	Neath RFC
	Coventry R.F.C.
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Richard "Richie" Eyres (born (1966-12-07) 7 December 1966) is an English born professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s and '90s playing representative rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England, and Wales, and at club level for Widnes St. Maries ARLFC, Widnes (twice), Leeds, Warrington Wolves, Sheffield Eagles, and Swinton Lions, as a Second-row, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, and playing club level rugby union (RU) for Neath RFC, and Coventry R.F.C..^[1]^[2]

Playing career

International honours

Richie Eyres won a cap for England while at Widnes in 1992 against Wales,^[3] won caps for Wales while at Leeds in 1995 against England, France, and in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, against France, Western Samoa, and England, and while at Swinton in 1998 against England, and in 1999 against Ireland, and Scotland, and won caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1989 against France (sub), in 1991 against France, and France (sub), in 1992 in the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup against France (sub), and Australia (sub), in 1993 against France (2 matches), and while at Leeds in 1993 against New Zealand (sub) (2 matches).^[4]

Richie Eyres is unusual in having initially represented England and then gone onto represent Wales.

World Club Challenge appearances

Richie Eyres played Loose forward/Lock and scored a try in Widnes' 30–18 victory over Canberra Raiders in the 1989 World Club Challenge at Old Trafford, Manchester on Wednesday 4 October 1989.

Genealogical information

Richie Eyres is the brother of the Widnes Vikings, Keighley Cougars, and Rochdale Hornets rugby league Wing, and Scrum-half/Halfback of the 1980s and '90s, Andrew "Andy" Eyres.

References

↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

v t e Wales squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup

Davies (c) Atcheson Bateman Busby Cowie Cunningham Devereux Ellis Eyres Ford Gibbs Griffiths Hadley Hall Harris Jones Moriarty Perrett Phillips Quinnell Skerrett Stephens Sullivan Webster Young Coach: Griffiths

v t e Widnes RLFC squad – 1989 World Club Challenge winners

1 Alan Tait 2 Andy Currier 3 Jonathan Davies 4 Darren Wright 5 Martin Offiah 6 Tony Myler 7 David Hulme 8 Joe Grima 9 Phil McKenzie 10 Derek Pyke 11 Kurt Sorensen (c) 12 Paul Hulme 13 Richard Eyres 14 Barry Dowd 15 Paul Moriarty 16 Brimah Kebbie 17 David Smith Coach: Doug Laughton

Persondata
Name	Eyres, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	English/Welsh rugby league and rugby union player
Date of birth	7 December 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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