Richard Metcalfe
| Date of birth | 21 November 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, who 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
- ↑ Richard Metcalfe player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ↑ "Allied Dunbar Premiership, 1997/98 / Newcastle Falcons / Player records". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "Saints secure historic victory". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑ "Metcalfe to sue SRU". BBC Sport. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2010.