Richard Stone

Richard Stone (12 September 1950 – 1 May 2018), known as Charlie Stone, was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontefract RUFC and representative level rugby league (RL) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers and Hull F.C., as a or

Background Charlie Stone's was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire on 12 September 1950, and he died aged 67.

Playing career Featherstone Rovers Charlie Stone made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Wednesday 14 October 1970,

In between the two Challenge Cup finals he played at in a 12–4 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1981–82 John Player Trophy Final Headingley on Saturday 23 January 1982. Stone captained the team on that day and was sent off 5 minutes from the end along with Roy Holdstock from the opposition. In a controversial moment Stone was allowed up to lift the trophy, despite the early exit from the game. In 1982 he played at in the 18–7 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1982 Yorkshire Cup Final at Elland Road on Saturday 2 October 1982.

Featherstone Rovers, second spell At the end of the 1984/85 season Stone rejoined Featherstone for a second time during which he played a further 21 games, scoring one try before retiring. Stone was inducted into Featherstone Rovers Hall of Fame in 2016.

Representative honours Charlie Stone won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1973–74 season against Cumbria and Lancashire.

Stone won a cap for England as a substitute while at Featherstone Rovers in 1975 against Australia. Stone was selected for the 1979 Great Britain Lions tour to Australasia, and while he played in 12 tour matches he was not selected for any of the test matches.