Basil Richards is a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

 born Richards signed for Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....

 as a junior and played 42 matches for the club between 1989 and 1993. He signed with Huddersfield

Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

 for the 1993-94 season and remained with the club until 1999, playing in Super League III

Super League III

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 and IV

Super League IV

-End of season mergers:Huddersfield managed to avoid relegation again despite finishing bottom due to the merger with Sheffield Eagles to form Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. Also at the end of this season Gateshead Thunder and Hull Sharks were merged to form Hull F.C...

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Richards later played for Doncaster.

Coaching career

After retirement Richards worked for the Kirklees Council as part of their sports development team and took up coaching, working with the Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

 part time and as coach of amateur club Queensbury. He also worked with English

England national rugby league team

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 national youth sides.

He was appointed Bradfords assistant coach in 2006 by Steve McNamara

Steve McNamara

Steve McNamara is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently coach of the England national team.-International honours:...

. Richards coached the Bulls Senior Academy side. He was released by the club in early 2010 after Bradford suffered poor form.

Personal life

His brother, Craig Richards, played for the Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

. His cousin, Dean Richards

Dean Richards (footballer)

Dean Ivor Richards was an English footballer who played as a defender. He began his career at hometown club Bradford City before a four year stay with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He left to play Premier League football with Southampton and finally Tottenham Hotspur...

, played football for Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

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