Richard Hill (rugby union, born 1961)
Birth name | Richard John Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 May 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 12 st 2 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Hill (born 4 May 1961 in Birmingham) is a rugby union coach and former English international rugby footballer.
Biography
Born in Birmingham, Hill was educated at
Early successes at Schools Level
One of Richard's early successes in 1980 was winning the Wiltshire Schools U18 Sevens tournament with Salisbury's Boys Grammar school Bishop Wordsworth's defeating Swindon's St. Joseph's Comprehensive Roman Catholic School in a hard fought final at the Headlands School in Wiltshire. The Salisbury school won by two tries to one. Unfortunately for the Swindon school Bishop Wordsworth were also able to field David Egerton who was also capped by England on 9 occasions.
Playing career
Joining
In the autumn of 1990, he rejoined the England squad and went on to play 20 consecutive games until his retirement. Richard was a major component in England's excellent form in the first three matches of the 1990 Five Nations campaign and he often provided the ammunition for the likes of Guscott, Carling and Underwood. He even managed to score his first try for England when he touched down against Wales. His final cap was in the 1991 World Cup Final against Australia. Source: http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/england/richard-1961-hill-12718/brief-biography-of-international-rugby-career_a03277/
Coaching career
After assistant posts at
In May 2010, Hill was named as head coach for Worcester Warriors.[3] Richard Hill in his first year as head coach, coached the
On 16 April 2013, Hill was sacked from his post at Worcester [4] "following the club's recent run of form".
Hill, a fluent French speaker, moved to France to continue his coaching career where he was hired as General Manager in 2013 of Rouen, where he led them to the French Amateur Championship of France. Hill is committed to Rouen until 2023.
References
- ^ Profile at Bath Rugby "Hall of Fame" Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ex-Bristol coach heads to France". BBC News. 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Richard Hill named Worcester Warriors head coach". BBC Sport. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ^ "Richard Hill departs as Worcester Warriors head coach". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.