Richard Metcalfe
Date of birth | 21 November 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 140 kg (310 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Metcalfe (born 21 November 1973 in Leeds, England[1]) is a former Scottish rugby union player. He was the world's tallest ever international rugby player. At 7 feet (213 cm), Metcalfe was about six inches taller than a typical second row forward, giving him considerable presence at the front of the line-out.
He won 13 Scotland caps between 2000 and 2001 and played for the Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints. At Newcastle Falcons he made 6 appearances for the Falcons the season they won the 1997-98 Premiership,[2] and at Northampton he played in every game apart from the final for which he was a replacement (due to injury) in the victorious 2000 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Munster.[3] In 2003, however, his contract with the Borders/SRU was terminated and he retired after he suffered a long-term knee injury.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ Richard Metcalfe player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ^ "Allied Dunbar Premiership, 1997/98 / Newcastle Falcons / Player records". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Saints secure historic victory". BBC. 27 May 2000. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Metcalfe to sue SRU". BBC Sport. 18 September 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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