David Richard (born May 12, 2000) is a Canadian international
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
A native of
Milton, Ontario
Milton (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 census population 110,128) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing mun ...
, Richard was educated at
Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Academy, formerly known as Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, is a Roman Catholic high school in the Eglinton East neighbourhood of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as a member of the Toronto Catholic District S ...
.
Richard, a centre and winger, specialises in
rugby sevens, debuting for the national team in the 2018–19 season. He was capped for the
Canada XV against Belgium in 2021 and made two more capped appearances the following year. In 2023, Richard was in the rugby seven side that claimed a bronze medal at the
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
in Santiago, Chile.
See also
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List of Canada national rugby union players
List of Canada national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Canada national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which t ...
References
External links
David Richardat
Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football a ...
David Richardat the
Canadian Olympic Committee
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2000 births
Living people
Canadian rugby union players
Canada international rugby union players
Canada international rugby sevens players
Male rugby sevens players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Ontario
Sportspeople from Milton, Ontario
Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens