Bryan Richards

Bryan Richards

Full name	Thomas Bryan Richards
Date of birth	(1932-11-23)23 November 1932
Place of birth	Skewen, Wales
Date of death	16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 91)
Place of death	Rugby, England
School	Neath Grammar School
University	Swansea University University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Teacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960 Wales 1 (0)

Thomas Bryan Richards (23 November 1932 — 16 December 2023) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Skewen, Richards attended Neath Grammar School and was a Welsh Schools representative cricketer, later playing cricket for the Glamorgan 2nd XI. He went on to study at Swansea University, during which time he played rugby for Neath, then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, winning a blue in the 1955 Varsity Match.

Richards played for Swansea on his return to Wales and served as club captain in the 1958–59 season. He gained a Wales cap as an outside-half in a 1960 Five Nations Championship match against France in Cardiff.

A teacher by profession, Richards was head of economics at Dulwich College and a housemaster at Rugby School.

See also

• List of Wales national rugby union players

External links

• Bryan Richards at ESPNscrum