Richard Wallace (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard C. Wallace[1] | |||||
| Nickname | Dick | |||||
| Born | 1944 (age 71–72) Bristol, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Bristol Rugby | ||||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | fullback, centre, stand-off/five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1966–72 | Huddersfield | 157 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 194 |
| 1972–75 | York | 92 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 92 |
| 1975–77 | Hull KR | 43+4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | 296 | 31 | 98 | 8 | 297 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1974–75 | Other Nationalities | 6 | ||||
| 1975 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Richard "Dick" Wallace is an English born Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Bristol Rugby, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Huddersfield, York and Hull KR, as a fullback, centre, or stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. 1, 3 or 4, or, 6.[2]
Playing career
Representative honours
Although born in England, Wallace was eligible to play for Wales through his Welsh grandparents.[3] Wallace won a cap for Wales (RL) while at York in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France.[4] He also represented Other Nationalities six times in the 1974 and 1975 county championships.[3]
County Cup final appearances
Wallace played stand-off/five-eighth in Hull Kingston Rovers' 11-15 defeat by Leeds in the 1975 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1975–76 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1975.
Club career
Wallace joined Huddersfield from rugby union in 1966. He made 157 appearances for the club before moving to York in 1972. He played a further 92 games for York before moving to Hull KR in 1975.[3]
References
- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- 1 2 3 Gronow, David (2008). 100 Greats: Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club. Stroud: Stadia. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7524-4584-7.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- Match programme - Wales vs France (16 Feb 1975)
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