Richard Arnold (born 1 July 1990) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He plays for

Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulou ...

in the French Top 14 competition. His regular position is lock.

Family and early life

Richie Arnold and his identical twin

Rory Rory is a given name of Goidelic languages, Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish people, Irish, Scottish people, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given n ...

were born in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Their father Tony was stationed there while in the army. The brothers were raised in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales where they both played junior rugby league until aged 16.

Rugby career

Richie Arnold followed the path of his brother Rory, joining the Murwillumbah rugby club. He moved to the Gold Coast two years after his brother to play Premier Rugby at the Bond University Rugby Club in 2015. Later that year he joined with and played in Australia's National Rugby Championship. Arnold then signed with the Western Force squad, but injury and rehabilitation following a shoulder reconstruction preventing him from playing in the 2016 season. He made his Super Rugby debut for the Force against the in their 2017 Round 5 clash in Christchurch. Arnold moved to French Top 14 side

in early 2019.

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