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Anrich Richter (born in Kempton Park,
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) is a South African
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player for the in the
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and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is scrum-half, but he has occasionally played winger or centre.


Career


Youth

At high school level, Richter played for Hoërskool Birchleigh in the Falcons' regions schools league. In 2010, he was included in the side that participated in the
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, scoring five tries and kicking five conversions in his eight appearances, which included an 18-point haul in their match against , scoring two tries and four conversions. He made six starts for the side in the
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, underlining his versatility as he was used in a variety of positions, starting three matches at right wing, two matches at scrum-half and one match at outside centre.


Falcons

His made his first class debut in 2011; after playing in a compulsory friendly match against the , scoring a try in a 28–25 win, he played off the bench in their
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match against the in
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. He made his first senior start two weeks later, when he was handed the No 9 jersey for their match against the in Kempton Park and Richter responded by scoring two tries, despite being on the wrong end of a 55–28 defeat. In 2012, he made his debut in the
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competition, making five appearances and scoring a try in their match against the . Despite still being just 21, he firmly established himself as a first-team regular, starting seven of their fourteen matches during the
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and playing off the bench on a further six occasions. He also scored four tries, two of those against the in Welkom. He was the undoubted first-choice scrum-half for the Falcons in 2013, starting sixteen of their 21 matches in the
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and
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competitions, scoring six tries in the Currie Cup, the second-most by a Falcons player behind centre
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, but could not prevent the Falcons finishing bottom of the log. He played six times during the
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and started all six matches during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, where the finished second-last to remain in the
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.


References

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