Richard Graham (rugby union)
| Full name | Richard Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Charleville, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marist College Ashgrove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Assistant Coach | ||
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| Current team | Georgia | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1991–1993 1994–2002 |
GPS Easts |
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| Provincial / State sides | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1998–2002 | Reds | 13 | (25) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1998–2002 | Reds | 2 | (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Comps | |
| 1998–2002 | Australia | ||
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016– 2013–16 2010–12 2009–10 2006–09 2002–06 |
Georgia(Ass. coach) Queensland Reds Western Force Wallabies Saracens RFC Bath RFC |
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| Men's rugby sevens | ||
Representing  Australia
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1998 Kuala Lumpur | Team competition |
Richard Graham (born 5 August 1972) is a rugby union coach and former Head Coach of the Australian Super Rugby franchises, the Queensland Reds and Western Force.
Richard Graham was born in central western Queensland (Charleville). He attended Marist College Ashgrove as a boarding student and was a talented schoolboy sportsman. Graham played 1st XI Cricket, captained 1st XV Rugby and captained the school athletics team. In his final year at school, Graham won the TAS 110m hurdles. Former Wallabies Daniel Herbert, Graeme Bond and Pat Howard were part of Graham's 1st XV in 1990. Graham played for the undefeated Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union team that toured Europe in 1990/91 with the likes of Matt Burke, Peter Jorgensen, Jacob Rauluni and Scott Bowen. He completed a Bachelor of Education degree at the Queensland University of Technology.
Richard Graham played a year of Colts rugby at the GPS Rugby Club and was awarded the Queensland Colt of the Year in 1991. The following year saw Graham suffer a badly broken leg and subsequently a number of seasons away from the game. In 1995 he changed clubs and began playing for the Easts RFC in Brisbane winning the 1997 Brisbane premiership and also the 1999 Brisbane premiership as captain. He made his debut for the Queensland Reds against Hong Kong in 1998 and in 2001 played for Australia A against the touring British and Irish Lions. It was as a Rugby 7s player however that Graham was best known. He played for and captained the Australian Rugby 7s team between 1998 and 2002, his teams won 5 IRB series events and he attended 2 Commonwealth Games – 1998 (Kuala Lumpur) and 2002 (Manchester). In 1998 the team won a bronze medal beating Samoa in the 3rd and 4th play off.
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