Richard Thorpe (born 1 November 1984) is a retired Premiership, Championship and International rugby union player, and the current Director of Rugby for Chinnor Rugby Club in Thame, Oxfordshire. Richard played as a flanker or No. 8 for London Irish, Leicester Tigers and London Welsh in Premiership Rugby, and represented Canada at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. Born in Beckenham, England, he qualified to play internationally for Canada through his Canadian mother. He won 8 caps in 2014 and 2015 before retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 2016 season aged 31.
richard, thorpe, rugby, union, richard, thorpe, born, november, 1984, retired, premiership, championship, international, rugby, union, player, current, director, rugby, chinnor, rugby, club, thame, oxfordshire, richard, played, flanker, london, irish, leiceste. Richard Thorpe born 1 November 1984 is a retired Premiership Championship and International rugby union player and the current Director of Rugby for Chinnor Rugby Club in Thame Oxfordshire Richard played as a flanker or No 8 for London Irish Leicester Tigers and London Welsh in Premiership Rugby and represented Canada at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England Born in Beckenham England he qualified to play internationally for Canada through his Canadian mother He won 8 caps in 2014 and 2015 before retiring from professional rugby at the end of the 2016 season aged 31 Richard ThorpeBirth nameRichard ThorpeDate of birth 1984 11 01 1 November 1984 age 39 Place of birthBeckenham KentHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Weight103 kg 16 st 3 lb 1 SchoolWhitgift SchoolUniversitySt Mary s University CollegeRugby union careerPosition s No 8 FlankerYouth careerOld Beccehamians RFCSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2003 052005 122012 132013 162016 17SaracensLondon IrishLeicester TigersLondon WelshChinnor01238317 0 75 0 5 5 Correct as of 4 Feb 2017International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2014 15Canada8 0 Correct as of 1 Oct 2015Coaching careerYearsTeam2015 Chinnor R F C Career editThorpe made his debut in an EDF Energy Cup match against London Wasps 2 He scored a hat trick against the Newport Gwent Dragons 3 Thorpe was a member of the London Irish side that made the semi finals of the Heineken Cup that season 4 Thorpe was a used replacement in the final of the 2008 09 Guinness Premiership 5 Thorpe was selected for Canada as he qualifies through his sensual mother originally from Burlington outside Toronto Canada He made his international debut as a replacement losing to Samoa 13 23 as part of the 2014 Autumn Internationals 6 Thorpe is now Director of Rugby at Chinnor R F C currently in National League 1 7 References edit Aviva Premiership Rugby London Irish web page Premier Rugby Archived from the original on 6 February 2012 Retrieved 9 September 2011 Wasps 23 13 London Irish BBC 8 October 2006 Retrieved 18 August 2009 London Irish 41 24 Dragons BBC 12 January 2008 Retrieved 18 August 2009 Heineken Cup semi finals 2008 BBC 26 April 2008 Retrieved 18 August 2009 Leicester 10 9 London Irish BBC 16 May 2009 Retrieved 18 August 2009 Richard Thorpe s Canada debut ESPN scrum 14 November 2014 Senior Squad chinnor rfc com Retrieved 6 January 2021 External links edit nbsp nbsp nbsp This English rugby union biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Thorpe rugby union amp oldid 1211556923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
