Peter Richards (rugby player)
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| Peter Richards | |||||
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| Full name | Peter Charles Richards | ||||
| Date of birth | 1978-03-10 | ||||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||||
| Height | 1.75 m | ||||
| Weight | 92 kg | ||||
| Rugby union career | |||||
| Position | Scrum-half | ||||
| Professional clubs | |||||
| 1996-99 1999-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-05 2005- |
London Irish Harlequins Benetton Treviso Bristol Shoguns London Wasps Gloucester |
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| correct as of 13 Sept 2006. | |||||
| National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |||
| 2006- | England | 2 | (0) | ||
| correct as of 13 Sept 2006. | |||||
| 7's National teams | |||||
| 2005 | England | {{{ru_sevensnationalcomp}}} | |||
| correct as of 13 Sept 2006. | |||||
Peter Charles Richards (born 10 March 1978 in Portsmouth) is an English rugby union player, who plays for Gloucester. A very versatile player, he has played in any one of three positions - scrum half, his preferred role, fly-half and centre.
His rugby career 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. 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 against Leicester Tigers and represented England at U19, U21 and A level before joining Harlequins for the 1999-2000 season.
He was part of the England “Tour of Hell” in 1998 to Australia and New Zealand when he played against the New Zealand Māori. He came home before the final leg to South Africa.
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 Shoguns were relegated from the Zurich Premiership.
In 2004 when he was part of the winning England team at the Hong Kong Sevens. In summer 2005, Pete moved to Gloucester to replace Andy Gomarsall. This decision reaped its reward when he was named in Andy Robinson's 2005 Autumn test squad, though he did not feature in any of the games.
Richards is included in England's 2006 Tour of Australia and is scheduled to get his first Test cap when they face the Wallabies.
