AGE & REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS
QUINS 1st XV PLAYERS WITH OVER 100 APPEARANCES
RICKY RICHARDS
100 + APPEARANCES
Ricky made 172 appearances at scrum-half for the Quins 1st XV in his 8 seasons with the club. Ricky (above) being presented with his 10 + Appearances Tie by Brian Jones, Club Committee, at a function at the club on the 12th May 2018.
PLAYING RECORD
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Ricky made his first appearance for the Quins 1st XV at home to Whitland on the 21st Au- gust 2004.
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Of his 172 appearances, 139 were League games; 21 Cup and 12 Friendlies.
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He played in three Tovali Cup successes against Cwmllynfell (2007); Carmarthen Athletic
(2008) & Loughor (2009).
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He was a member of the team that made a record score for the Quins in the Welsh Cup when they beat Tredegar Ironsides by 81 pts to nil in 2003/04.
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He can boast having played in six wins over Pontypridd which is why he called his dog “Ponty.”
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Ricky made his last Quins appearance away against Pontypridd on the 8th April 2012.
Compiled by Percy Jones, Club Archivist
Photograph taken by Hugh Thomas