International Career
Richards has represented England at U19, U21 and A level.
He was part of the England “Tour of Hell” in 1998 to Australia and New Zealand when he played against the New Zealand Māori. He came home before the final leg to South Africa.
In 2004 he was part of the winning England team at the Hong Kong Sevens. This decision paid off when he was named in Andy Robinson's 2005 Autumn test squad, though he did not feature in any of the games.
Richards was included in England's 2006 Tour of Australia and won his first Test cap against the Wallabies in a game which Australia beat England 34–3. Richards won his second cap in the second game of the tour in which the Wallabies triumphed again in a 43–18 victory.
He took part in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, coming on as a replacement in the Final, and other games.
He was picked for the 2008 Six Nations Championship but was then ruled out of the whole tournament after tearing a biceps muscle while playing for London Irish against Benetton Rugby Treviso.
On 19 May 2010, Richards announced his retirement from rugby due to injury, saying "I've had a great career and thoroughly enjoyed my rugby wherever I've played. I would like to have continued on for another couple of seasons, unfortunately that is not going to be physically possible. I would like to thank all the players, coaches and management and supporters at all the clubs I've played with for their help, friendship and encouragement."
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