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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 RLFC, 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.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1962-1963 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963-1964 21 14 2 5 6 0 0 0 18
1964-1965 35 23 4 8 18 0 0 0 54
1965-1966 39 29 2 8 17 3 1 0 60
1966-1967 38 26 3 9 33 7 2 1 122
1967-1968 14 8 0 6 9 0 0 0 27
1968-1969 23 14 3 6 13 0 0 0 39
TOTAL 171 115 14 42 96 10 3 1 320
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Ebbw Vale 15 12 0 3 540 307 71
Cardiff 15 10 0 5 498 366 62
Llandovery 15 10 0 5 429 381 56
Newport 15 9 0 6 488 326 54
Swansea 15 9 1 5 372 385 49
Carmarthen Quins 15 8 1 6 320 346 43
RGC 1404 15 5 0 10 462 484 38
Bridgend Ravens 15 3 2 10 348 521 25
Aberavon 15 4 0 11 352 549 23
Pontypool 15 3 0 12 316 460 19