| Richard Webster | |||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Richard Edward Webster | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| School: | Cefn Hengoed Comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Flanker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | Bonymaen Youth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Amatteam2: | Swansea RFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years1: | 1997–99 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs1: | Bath | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps1: | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points1: | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1987–93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repyears2: | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repteam2: | British Lions[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reppoints1: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repcaps2: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reppoints2: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coachyears1: | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Coachupdate: | 21 May 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Webster (born 9 July 1967) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached rugby union in the 2010s. In 1993 he toured New Zealand with the British & Irish Lions rugby union team and at the time played club rugby for Swansea RFC. In 1995 he switched to rugby league to play for Salford Reds, and appeared in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[2] [1] [3] [4] In 1996 he returned to union and signed for Bath Rugby.[5] At Bath he started in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive.[6]
In 2011 Webster was appointed head coach of the Wales national under-20 rugby union team following the departure of Darren Edwards.