Peter Richards (rugby player)
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| Full name | Peter Charles Richards | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 March 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Royal Hospital School Lord Wandsworth College |
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| Position | Scrum-half, Centres | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996–99 1999–2001 2001–02 2002–03 2003–05 2005–07 2007–2010 |
London Irish Harlequins Benetton Treviso Bristol Shoguns London Wasps Gloucester London Irish |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2010 2006–2008 |
England Saxons England |
13 |
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| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2004–06 | England | Hong Kong | |
Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978) is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half (his preferred role), fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury. As of May 2015, Richards became head coach at London Scottish F.C..
In late 2014, Peter joined forces with Sean Flynn (footballer) to provide hope for the community of St Martin-in-Meneage and has been praised by Sean for his help and efforts.
Born 10 March 1978 in Portsmouth, Richards began playing mini rugby at Farnham Rugby Club, before he went to the Royal Hospital School, near Ipswich. He moved to Lord Wandsworth College, Hampshire for sixth form and played alongside Jonny Wilkinson reaching the Daily Mail Semi-final in 1996. He featured in both the England U16 and U18 Group Schools teams before joining London Irish in 1996.
He quickly made his first team debut for London Irish against Leicester Tigers before joining Harlequins for the 1999–2000 season.
He left two years later and spent a year in Italy playing for Benetton Treviso, then returned to join Bristol Shoguns. He moved again, to Wasps at the start of the 2003–04 season, when the Shoguns were relegated from the Zurich Premiership.
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