Richard Chambers | |
Full Name: | Richard Rodney Chambers |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1927 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
University: | Queen's University Belfast |
Position: | Centre |
Repyears1: | 1951–52 |
Repcaps1: | 6 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Richard Rodney Chambers (15 August 1927 — 31 March 2020)[1] was an Irish international rugby union player.
Chambers was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University.[2]
An Instonians centre, Chambers was capped six times for Ireland. He played all four matches of their championship-winning 1951 Five Nations campaign. The following year, Chambers played a further two Five Nations matches and toured South America, making two uncapped appearances against the Pumas.[3]
Chambers, a barrister, was admitted to the bar in 1950 and became a County Court Judge in 1973.[4]