Craig Richards (rugby)
Craig Richards (born 10 October 1978) is a Welsh former rugby league and rugby union sevens player.
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| Born | 10 October 1978 Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Rugby union
Richards represented Wales in rugby sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[2]
Rugby league
Richards played for the Crusaders in the National League Two for one season, in 2007.[2] In May 2007, he tested positive to a metabolite of cocaine and was banned from the sport for two years.[3] He returned to rugby league in 2010, playing one season with the South Wales Scorpions in the same competition.[4]
References
- "Professional Clubs". wrl.wales. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Old Crusaders First Team : Craig Richards". Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- "Crusaders man handed two year ban". BBC. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- "Scorpions announce first squad". rugbyleague.com. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
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