Richard Wilson (rugby union)
Appearance
Birth name | Richard George Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 May 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Leeston, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Andrew's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard George Wilson (born 19 May 1953) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Wilson represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1976 to 1980. He played 25 matches for the All Blacks including two full internationals.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Richard Wilson". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- People from Leeston
- Rugby union players from the Canterbury Region
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1950s birth stubs