Richard de Carpentier (born 30 April 1990) is a backrow forward playing for the

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

club in his second professional contract. His first professional contract was at

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He is a sports coaching graduate of UWIC. He is also an

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player, having made his debut in the Edinburgh leg of the 2011 World Series and former England Students captain. De Carpentier is a product of

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, having played throughout the age groups with fellow Tiger and former schoolmate

Kieran Brookes Kieran Brookes (born 29 August 1990) is an English rugby union player who plays for Toulon and England. He usually plays as a tighthead prop, but can also cover as a loosehead prop. He was educated at Kirkham Grammar School. Club career Brook ...

. He signed a contract with

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on 21st September 2021, ahead of the 2021/22 season due to a successful trial period.

References

https://www.quins.co.uk/news/richard-de-carpentier-signs-short-term-deal-with-harlequins/

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Carpentier, Richard 1990 births Living people English rugby union players Worcester Warriors players Rugby union flankers Leicester Tigers players Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Rugby union players from Manchester Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games