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Rugby player
| Birth name | Richard Michael Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1968-01-16) 16 January 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 0 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Paul Wallace David Wallace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Michael Wallace (born 16 January 1968) is a former Garryowen, Munster, Saracens, Ireland and Lions rugby union player. He was a winger and gained 29 caps with the Ireland national rugby union team. He was a member of the first Munster team to compete in the Heineken Cup. He made his full international debut in 1991 against Namibia. He is the all-time top try scorer for the Ireland national rugby sevens team in Rugby World Cup Sevens with 10 tries.
His younger brothers Paul Wallace and David Wallace also played rugby for Ireland. He later became an airline pilot for CityJet.
References
- "Richard Michael Wallace". ESPN scrum.
- "Rugby World Cup" (PDF). Amazon.
- O'Sullivan, John. "Winger Wallace flying high in his new career as pilot". The Irish Times.
External links
- Richard Wallace at ESPNscrum
- Sporting Heroes profile
- Munster profile
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| Coach | McGeechan & Best |
| Ireland squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Coach: Murphy | |
| Ireland 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad | |
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| Ireland 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens squad | |
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- Living people
- 1968 births
- Munster Rugby players
- Garryowen Football Club players
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland
- Saracens F.C. players
- Commercial aviators
- Rugby union players from County Cork
- Ireland international rugby sevens players
- 1995 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union wings