Richard Metcalfe

This article is about the Scottish footballer and rugby player. For the last military Governor of Panama Canal Zone, see Richard Lee Metcalfe.
Richard Metcalfe
Date of birth 21 November 1973
Place of birth Leeds, England
Height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003		 Newcastle Falcons
Northampton Saints
Edinburgh
The Borders		 7
40
14
11		 (5)
(20)
(0)
(5)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2000–2002 Scotland 11 (5)

Richard Metcalfe (born 21 November 1973 in Leeds, England[1]) is a former Scottish rugby union footballer. He was the world's tallest ever international rugby player and Britain's second tallest athlete after basketball player Neil Fingleton which stands 233 cm tall. At 7 feet (213 cm), Metcalfe was about six inches taller than a typical second row forward, giving him considerable presence at the front of the line-out.

He won 11 Scotland caps between 2000 and 2002 and played for the Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints. At Newcastle Falcons he made 6 appearances for them as they won the 1997-98 Premiership,[2] and at Northampton he was a replacement in the victorious 2000 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Munster.[3] In 2003, however, his contract with the Borders/SRU was terminated after he suffered a long-term knee injury.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Richard Metcalfe player profile ESPN Scrum.com
  2. ↑ "Allied Dunbar Premiership, 1997/98 / Newcastle Falcons / Player records". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Saints secure historic victory". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Metcalfe to sue SRU". BBC Sport. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2010.