Jeremy Richardson (rugby union)

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Jeremy Richardson

Birth name	Jeremy Francis Richardson
Date of birth	(1961-12-01) 1 December 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Crawley, 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)

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

Early life

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

Amateur career

He played club rugby for the Edinburgh Academicals.

Provincial career

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

International career

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

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

He founded Cornelian Asset Managers.[11]

References

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. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. 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/