Richard Breakey
Birth name | Richard William Breakey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
[edit]Breakey was educated at Fettes College and Durham University (Hatfield College).[1][2] His older brother Nigel (1955–2010) was an anaesthetist who played rugby for Scotland Schoolboys and Cambridge University.[3]
Rugby union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Gosforth.
Provincial career
[edit]He played for the Anglo-Scots district side.[4]
International career
[edit]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.[5][6] He replaced the injured Ian McGeechan.[7]
Breakey was later an unused replacement for Scotland in the final match of the 1981 Five Nations Championship against Ireland.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Richard Breakey at ESPNscrum
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham
- Durham University RFC players
- English rugby union players
- Newcastle Falcons players
- People educated at Fettes College
- Sportspeople from Consett
- Rugby union players from Consett
- Scotland 'B' international rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Northumberland RFU players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs