Jeremy Richardson (rugby union)

Jeremy Francis Richardson (born 7 September 1963) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Jeremy Richardson
Birth nameJeremy Francis Richardson
Date of birth (1961-12-01) 1 December 1961 (age 62)
Place of birthCrawley, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987-90 Scotland 'B' 6 (0)
Scotland 'A'
1994 Scotland 1 (0)

Early life

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Richardson was born on 7 September 1963 in Crawley, England.[2] His father Robert was an officer in the British Army.[3] He studied at Heriot Watt University, graduating in 1986 with a business studies degree.[4]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played club rugby for the Edinburgh Academicals.

Provincial career

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He played for Edinburgh District. He was part of the Edinburgh side that won the 1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship.

International career

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He was capped 6 times by Scotland 'B', the first of which was on 7 February 1987 against France 'B'.[5]

He captained the Scotland 'A' team.[6]

He gained one cap with the Scotland national rugby union team in 1994.[7]

His one full senior international cap was against South Africa at Murrayfield on 19 November 1994.[8]

He played a match for the Barbarians in 1995.[9]

Administrative career

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As a committee member of the Barbarians, he organised a match between them and his old club Edinburgh Academicals as part of the Accies 150th year celebrations.[10]

Business career

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He founded Cornelian Asset Managers.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Jeremy Francis Richardson". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Richardson. Scotland". ESPN. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Mark (2 December 2014). "Lt Gen Sir Robert Richardson". The Herald. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "How leading a young investment house mirrors sporting success". The Scotsman. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ^ "David Sole comes to the defence as forward admits to striking line out opponent". The Herald. 14 February 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jeremy Richardson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  8. ^ Smith, Duncan (24 November 2015). "Six of the best Scottish rugby one-cap wonders". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Player Archive - J. F. Richardson". Barbarians F.C. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Media Release: Edinburgh Accies to play the Barbarians as part of club's 150th anniversary celebrations - allmediascotland…media jobs, media release service and media resources for all". www.allmediascotland.com.
  11. ^ https://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/news/14-sports-stars-in-wealth-and-fund-management/a1177888/