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| Full name | Richie Dudley Poulsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 October 1962 Casino, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richie Dudley Poulsen (born 27 October 1962) is an Australian former rugby league player.
Originally from Casino, New South Wales, Poulsen was a front rower and left for the Redcliffe Dolphins at the age of 18 to play under Arthur Beetson. He toured Papua New Guinea with Queensland in 1983 and was a member of the Brisbane representative team which won the 1984 National Panasonic Cup. [1]
Poulsen joined Manly Warringah in 1985 and was a regular first grade player for his first two seasons. [2] He featured in Manly's 1988 reserves premiership–winning team. In 1989, Poulsen moved onto the Gold Coast Giants, but suffered an achilles injury towards the end of the season which ended his NSWRL career. [3]