Richard Fletcher (rugby league)

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.

Richard Fletcher
Personal information
Full nameRichard Fletcher
Born (1981-05-17) 17 May 1981
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 F.C. 72 5 0 0 20
2004–05 Eastern Suburbs Tigers
2005–06 Castleford Tigers 33 4 17 0 50
2007–08 Whitehaven
2008 Widnes Vikings
2010–11 Barrow Raiders
2011 Dewsbury Rams
Total 105 9 17 0 70
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–09 Scotland 9 2 0 0 8
Source: [2][3]

He played at representative level for Great Britain (Academy) and Scotland, and at club level in the Super League for Hull F.C. (Heritage No.) and the Castleford Tigers (Heritage No. 838), 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]

Background

Fletcher was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside.

Playing career

International honours

Fletcher won nine caps for Scotland between 2001 and 2009, scoring two tries. He was forced to rule himself out of the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through personal reasons.[8]

Club career

Fletcher was transferred from the Eastern Suburbs Tigers to Castleford during May 2005. He was later transferred from the Castleford to Whitehaven during February 2007.

References
  1. "Richard Fletcher". Hull FC. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "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.
  8. "Heckenberg out of the World Cup". Quins. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2008.


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