Maurice Richards

Maurice Richards
Personal information
BornMaurice Charles Rees Richards
(1945-02-02) 2 February 1945
Ystrad, Rhondda, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962–1969 Cardiff RFC 171 96 13 1 320
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–1969 Wales 9 7 21
1969 British Lions 3 0
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–83 Salford 498 297 32 0 956
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–75 Wales 3 0 0 0 0
1974 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
RelativesEdwin Rees (grandfather)

Maurice Charles Rees Richards (born 2 February 1945) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby footballer. A wing, he was part of the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa.

Richards played rugby union at club level for Cardiff, and the Wales national rugby union team, famously scoring four tries in a Five Nations match against England, before switching to rugby league in 1969 with Salford.

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