Craig Richards (rugby)
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Craig Richards (born 10 October 1978) is a Welsh former rugby league and rugby union sevens player.
Playing career
[edit]Rugby union
[edit]Richards represented Wales in rugby sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[3]
Rugby league
[edit]Richards played for the Crusaders in the National League Two for one season, in 2007.[3] In May 2007, he tested positive to a metabolite of cocaine and was banned from the sport for two years.[4] He returned to rugby league in 2010, playing one season with the South Wales Scorpions in the same competition.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Craig Richards – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "Professional Clubs". wrl.wales. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Old Crusaders First Team : Craig Richards". Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "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.