Richard George Myers (born 6 July 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Myers played for Leamington RFC in Cambridge and is the only All Black to have played for the club. He represented Manawatu and Waikato at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1977 and 1978. He played five matches for the All Blacks including one international. On his test debut for New Zealand he played at Number 8 against the

Wallabies A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...

where his opposite number

Greg Cornelsen Greg Cornelsen (born 29 August 1952 in Sydney) is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker. Career Greg played Australian s ...

scored 4 tries in a 30–16 victory for Australia.

References

1950 births Living people Rugby union players from Hamilton, New Zealand New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Massey University alumni Manawatu rugby union players Waikato rugby union players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights People educated at Cambridge High School, New Zealand {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1950s-stub