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Maurice Richards - Wing

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Maurice Richards
Height183
Weight76
Date Of Birth02/02/1945
Place Of BirthYstrad
EducationTonypandy School
ClubsSalford Red Devils, Cardiff
HonoursWales RL, Great Britain, Wales, British and Irish Lions
InvitationalCrawshays
Maurice Richards was born in February 1945 and joined Cardiff in 1962. A strong running wing he played 171 games for Cardiff and scored 97 tries, including four in one match against Gloucester in 1966. His Welsh debut came at the age of 23 against Ireland in 1968 and at the end of the season he was selected for the British Lions tour to South Africa, where he gained 3 caps. Against England in the 1969 Five Nations Tournament he scored four tries and it came as little surprise that the following season he joined the professional ranks when he joined rugby league club Salford. In a fourteen-year career with the Manchester based club he made 500 appearances, scoring 297 tries and kicking 32 goals, he also represented Wales and Great Britain in the 13 a side game.
Maurice Richards has been inducted into the Cardiff Rugby Hall of Fame and further biographical information cam be found on those pages.
COMPETITION PLAYED T C P DG PTS YC RC
1966 Australia Tour of UK & France 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 New Zealand Tour of UK, France & Canada 1 + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Llandovery 20 19 0 1 684 307 90
Newport 21 18 0 3 701 390 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19