Maurice Richards

Maurice Richards

Full name	Maurice Charles Rees Richards
Date of birth	2 February 1945(1945-02-02)
Place of birth	Ystrad, Wales
School	Tonypandy School
Rugby league career
Position	Back
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1969—1983	Salford	498	956
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1969—1975 1974	Wales Great Britain	3 2	(0) (0)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	wing
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
?—1969	Cardiff RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1968—1969 1969	Wales British Lions	9 3	(21) (0)

Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945)^[1] is a former dual code rugby international for Wales. A winger, he was part of the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa

Richards played rugby union at club level for Cardiff and the Wales national rugby union team before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.^[2]

International honours

Maurice Richards won caps for Wales (RL) while at Salford 1969…1975 3-caps (World Cup in 1975 1-cap), and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Salford in 1974 against Australia, and New Zealand

Career Records

Maurice Richards is one of the fewer than twenty Welshmen to have scored more than 200-tries in their rugby league career.^[3]

References

1. ^ Maurice Richards rugby union profile Scrum.com
2. ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page—108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978—1—903659—49—6
3. ^ Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North — Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0—9511190—3—6

External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

Persondata
Name	Richards, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	2 February 1945
Place of birth	Ystrad, Wales
Date of death
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