Maurice Richards
Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
About Maurice Richards
Born 1945. Maurice Richards is a British rugby league player and rugby union player.
Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby footballer. A wing, 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, famously scoring four tries in a Five Nations match against England, before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.
Playing career
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. as well as being the club's record try scorer and is one of the fewer than twenty Welshmen to have scored more than 200-tries in their rugby league career.
Personal life Richards' grandfather, Edwin Rees, played professional football with Charlton Athletic and Bradford City in the 1920s.
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Who is Maurice Richards?
Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
When was Maurice Richards born?
Maurice Richards was born on 2 February 1945 in Ystrad.
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Maurice Richards is a rugby league player and rugby union player.
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Maurice Richards is British.
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