Richard Fletcher (rugby league)

Richard Fletcher
Personal information
Full nameRichard Fletcher
Born (1981-05-17) 17 May 1981 (age 43)
Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Weight16 st 3 lb (103 kg)[1]
PositionProp, Second-row, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–04 Hull FC 72 5 0 0 20
2004–05 Eastern Suburbs Tigers
2005–06 Castleford Tigers 33 4 17 0 50
2007–08 Whitehaven 25 14 8 0 72
2008 Widnes Vikings 24 10 9 0 58
2010–11 Barrow Raiders 2 0 0 0 0
2011 Dewsbury Rams
Total 156 33 34 0 200
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–09 Scotland 9 2 0 0 8
Source: [2][3]

Richard Fletcher (born 17 May 1981) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a right-footed goal-kicking prop, second-row or loose forward in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.

He played at representative level for Great Britain (Academy) and Scotland, and at club level in the Super League for Hull FC and the Castleford Tigers, in the Queensland Cup for the Eastern Suburbs Tigers,[4] and in the Championship for Whitehaven, Widnes Vikings, Barrow Raiders and the Dewsbury Rams.[2][3][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Richard Fletcher". Hull FC. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Castleford sign forward Fletcher". BBC. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  5. ^ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000) "Images of Sport – Castleford Rugby League – A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  6. ^ "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.