Maurice Richards
GB & Wales dual-code rugby international footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945)[2] is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby footballer. A wing, he was part of the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa.
Quick Facts Personal information, Born ...
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Maurice Charles Rees Richards (1945-02-02) 2 February 1945 (age 79) Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby league | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Close
Richards played rugby union at club level for Cardiff, and the Wales national rugby union team, famously scoring four tries in a Five Nations match against England, before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.[1][3]