Richard Bryan (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRichard Bryan (rugby union)
English rugby union player
Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1977
Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Profession: rugby union player
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Richard Bryan (rugby union)
- Richard Bryan (born 21 January 1977 in Bristol, Gloucestershire) is a former rugby union footballer for Leeds Carnegie (later Yorkshire Carnegie).
- He has also served as Player Development Manager and other roles in the Rugby Players Association (RPA). His usual position was at the back row .
- The Tykes signed Bryan from Newport Gwent Dragons in May 2006.
- He made his Tykes début against Nottingham R.F.C.
- on 1 October 2006 at Meadow Lane as a replacement in a 37-30 victory.
- "I am very pleased to be joining Leeds after a difficult few months in Wales," said Bryan on joining the club, "This will give me a chance to restart my career and the club share a lot of my ambitions.
- Next year will be a fresh start for the Tykes, with the amount of new players signing for the club and young players being promoted, and that is great for me.
- You cannot be anything other than very impressed by the set up here at the Tykes.
- The calibre of player we are signing bodes well for next season and trying to get back into the Premiership.
- I realise I will be one of the more experienced players in the squad but I am looking forward to that challenge, at my last couple of clubs that leadership role is something I have enjoyed." Bryan began his career with Bath Rugby before moving on to skipper Bridgend.
- At the Brewery Field he led the club to the last Welsh Premiership title before the introduction of regional rugby with 13 league wins in 14 games.
- He also played five times in the Heineken Cup . With the introduction of regional teams he was drafted into the Celtic Warriors side along with former Tyke Richard Parks .
- He moved to Newport following the demise of the Warriors in 2004 and made 23 appearances in the Celtic League in two seasons.
- Bryan took over the captaincy duties from Jason Forster . In 2004 Bryan wondered whether he had any future in the game after clutching his knee in agony on the Rodney Parade pitch after falling awkwardly near the end of a game against Edinburgh . A cruciate ligament had gone in the knee and a complete reconstruction was required with no certainty about the outcome.
- Ironically, it was fellow Tyke Rhys Oakley who replaced him in the Dragons' side. But he recovered and he made a full return to the Newport side.
- Bryan said at the time: "The injury didn't even come through contact.
- I just sidestepped at the end of the game, right in the 80th minute, and it just went.
- I had never felt anything like it, I was in a huge amount of pain and felt pretty desperate. "When I first did it I didn't realise how long it would be, maybe three or four months, so it was really hard.
- It was the longest I'd been out injured and it was a struggle watching all the boys playing, it was a case of trying to make the best of a bad job. "But everyone at the club (Newport) was really good which helped me get through it, and I knew there were other players like Ben Breeze , Kevin Morgan and Peter Sidoli who had recovered from the same type of injury."
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