Rugby player
| Birth name | Richard William Breakey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1956-11-14) 14 November 1956 (age 68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Consett, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Durham University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Breakey (born 14 November 1956) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Scotland in the 1978 Five Nations tournament.
Personal
Breakey was educated at Fettes College and Durham University (Hatfield College). His older brother Nigel (1955–2010) was an anaesthetist who played rugby for Scotland Schoolboys and Cambridge University.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
He played for Gosforth.
Provincial career
He played for the Anglo-Scots district side.
International career
He was capped twice by Scotland 'B', from 1976 to 1978.
Breakey made his first full senior cap and only test appearance for Scotland as a Fly-half in the 1978 Five Nations match against England, held at Murrayfield, which would result in a 0–15 defeat for the Scots. He replaced the injured Ian McGeechan.
Breakey was later an unused replacement for Scotland in the final match of the 1981 Five Nations Championship against Ireland.
References
- "Richard Breakey". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Sporting Greats". Hatfield College History. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- Jenkins, Ian. "Dr John Nigel Francis Breakey (1955-2010)". ANZCA. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- Gallagher, Brendan (7 March 2002). "A cheer for one-cap wonders". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Richard William Breakey". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- Turnbull, Simon (13 October 1996). "Newcastle's cast-offs a world apart". The Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
External links
- Richard Breakey at ESPNscrum
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- People educated at Fettes College
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