Russell Richardson
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1977 Dubbo, Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996–01 | Cronulla Sharks | 91 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| 2002–03 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2004 | Newcastle Knights | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 120 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 168 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1997 | Australia (SL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Russell Richardson (born 12 February 1977 in Dubbo, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000. An Australian international representative centre, he played his club football for the Newcastle Knights, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition.
Richardson scored Cronulla's sole try in the 1997 Telstra Cup Premiership's Grand Final loss to Brisbane. In the 1997 post season, Richardson was selected to play for Australia from the interchange bench in two matches of the Super League Test series against Great Britain.
In the 1999 Tri-Nations series, game 1, he was a starting Centre for the Australians against New Zealand, scoring a try.