Quote ="Halifax Wildcat"Such a shame considering the enormous potential he had between 10 - 15 years old. He hasn't moved on physically or skills wise.'"
Maybe a reason for this is that he played from 8 years old to 16 years old at Deighton, King Cross, Calderdale Service Area, for Yorkshire & England as a Centre. The Giants said that they thought he would make a better winger so he never gets the ball and loses interest. This is just my opinion but I did follow Richard a lot from his days at Deighton all the way through to Deighton folding in I think 2003. The fact that he was then banned from playing Club Rugby for 3 years due to the stupidity of the West Riding Youth League and BARLA. This for nothing that he had done wrong other than being an excellent player who the WRYL did not want to play for a club which would benefit from his services.
