Richard Hill (rugby union born 1961)
| Full name | Richard John Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 2 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Scrum-Half | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1983–1994 | Bath | 248 | (260) |
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Correct as of 24 July 2013
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1984–1991 | England | 29 | (8) |
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Correct as of 24 July 2013
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| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| -1999 1999-2002 2002-2003 2003-2009 2009-2010 2010-2013 |
Gloucester Harlequins Newport Bristol Chalon-sur-Saône Worcester Warriors |
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Richard Hill (born 4 May 1961 in Birmingham), is rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.
Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School in Salisbury, and Exeter University. Incidentally his namesake, Richard Hill MBE, who was in the England team to win the Rugby World Cup in 2003 also attended Bishop Wordsworth's School and both played for Salisbury Rugby Football Club.
One of Richard's early successes in 1980 was winning the Wiltshire Schools U18 Sevens tournament with Salisbury's Boys Grammar school Bishop Wordsworth's defeating Swindon's St. Joseph's Comprehensive Roman Catholic School in a hard fought final at the Headlands School in Wiltshire. The Salisbury school won by two tries to one. Unfortunately for the Swindon school Bishop Wordsworth were also able to field David Egerton who was also capped by England on 9 occasions.
Joining Bath Rugby as a scrum-half straight from university, in these amateur times his day job was working for Lloyds Bank. Unlike his half-back partner Stuart Barnes, Hill loved training. Nicknamed Duracell, he spent all his available time there, and his dedication spelled the inevitable introduction of the professional era.
After assistant posts at Gloucester and Harlequins, Hill also spent a season as head coach of England Students and the backs coach as Ebbw Vale RFC. In 2002 he was appointed head coach of Newport RFC. A year later he joined Bristol Rugby, leading them back to the Guinness Premiership after two seasons, and then to third place and the playoffs in the 2006–7 season. In July 2009, he agreed to join French third division side Chalon-sur-Saône as head coach.
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