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Geoff Richardson (rugby)
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Geoffrey Colin Richardson (born 17 April 1949) is an Australia
n former national representative rugby league
and rugby union
player - a dual-code international. He played union at fly-half and league at five-eighth.
His club rugby was played with the Army Club, Townsville before moving to Brisbane in 1972 and the Teachers
club from where he continued to be selected to the Wallabies
. His Test debut was against the Springboks in Sydney in July 1971. Richardson become the first Queensland Country based player to be selected for the Wallabies in over 60 years. He represented in nine Tests from 1971 to 1973 and captained Australia in one minor match in 1971.
Switching to the professional code in 1973 he played his club rugby league with the Wests Panthers
in Brisbane. He gained representative honours for Queensland and Australia in the first and second Test of 1974 against the visiting Great Britain side. After Australia's 16-11 loss in the second Test Richardson was replaced in the third by Tim Pickup
. He did not regain Test selection.
His international rugby league debut against Great Britain in Brisbane in June 1974 saw him become Australia's 37th dual code rugby international following Steve Knight
and preceding Ray Price.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n former national representative rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
and rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player - a dual-code international. He played union at fly-half and league at five-eighth.
His club rugby was played with the Army Club, Townsville before moving to Brisbane in 1972 and the Teachers
Norths/QUT
Norths/QUT is a Brisbane rugby union club based in Brisbane, Queensland. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition.The club's players were available for selection to the Australian Rugby Championship franchise Ballymore Tornadoes during that competition's short-lived...
club from where he continued to be selected to the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
. His Test debut was against the Springboks in Sydney in July 1971. Richardson become the first Queensland Country based player to be selected for the Wallabies in over 60 years. He represented in nine Tests from 1971 to 1973 and captained Australia in one minor match in 1971.
Switching to the professional code in 1973 he played his club rugby league with the Wests Panthers
Wests Panthers
The Western Suburbs Panthers, often simply referred to as Wests, are a rugby league club from Brisbane, Australia. The Club is the oldest in the QRL and despite absences from the top grade in recent years and several name changes the club continued to operate...
in Brisbane. He gained representative honours for Queensland and Australia in the first and second Test of 1974 against the visiting Great Britain side. After Australia's 16-11 loss in the second Test Richardson was replaced in the third by Tim Pickup
Tim Pickup
Timothy Alexander Pickup was an Australian Rugby League player for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970's...
. He did not regain Test selection.
His international rugby league debut against Great Britain in Brisbane in June 1974 saw him become Australia's 37th dual code rugby international following Steve Knight
Stephen Knight (rugby)
Stephen Oliver "Steve" Knight is a former representative Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer - a dual code international. He played as a winger or centre.-Rugby union:...
and preceding Ray Price.