Geoffrey Colin Richardson (born 17 April 1949) is an Australian former national representative

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player – a dual-code international. He played union at fly-half and league at .

Rugby union

His club rugby was played with the Army Club, Townsville before moving to Brisbane in 1972 and the

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club from where he continued to be selected to the Wallabies. His Test debut was against the Springboks in Sydney in July 1971. He represented in nine Tests from 1971 to 1973 and captained Australia in one minor match in 1971.Howell p13 New South Wales teams * Goulburn RUFC (ACT/Monaro Rugby Union) 1968, 69 * ACT Representative Team – NSWCRU Country Week 1968, 69 * New South Wales 1969 Queensland teams * Army Rugby Club (Townsville & District Rugby Union) 1970, 71 * TDRU Representative Team – QCRU Country Carnival 1971 * Queensland Country 1971 *

Rugby Club (Brisbane) 1972, 73 * Queensland 1971, 72, 73

Rugby league

Switching to the professional code in 1974 Richardson played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership with the Western Suburbs club. He gained representative honours for

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in the first and second Test of 1974 against the visiting Great Britain side. 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. 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. Richardson played at five-eighth in back-to-back Brisbane Rugby League

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victories in 1975 and 1976. Queensland teams * Western Suburbs (Brisbane) 1974, 75•, 76• * Queensland 1974, 75 • BRL 'A' Grade Premiers

Sources

Footnotes

Bibliography

* Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead – Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ * Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Geoff 1949 births Living people Australian rugby league players Wests Panthers players Australia national rugby league team players Australian rugby union players Dual-code rugby internationals Australia international rugby union players Queensland rugby league team players Rugby union players from Taree Rugby union fly-halves Queensland rugby union team players 20th-century Australian sportsmen