Birth name | Richard Edward Webster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Webster (born 9 July 1967) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached rugby union in the 2010s. In 1993 he toured New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions rugby union team and at the time played club rugby for Swansea RFC. He played 100 times for the Whites scoring 40 tries. In 1995 he switched to rugby league to play second-row for Salford Reds, and appeared in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. [2] [1] [3] [4] In 1996 he returned to union and signed for Bath Rugby. [5] At Bath he started in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive. [6]
In 2011 Webster was appointed head coach of the Wales national under-20 rugby union team following the departure of Darren Edwards.