Richard Lepori

Richard Lepori (born 22 October 1991) is an Italy international[4] rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Swinton Lions in the Betfred Championship.

Richard Lepori
Personal information
Born (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Oldham 22 13 0 0 52
2015 Whitehaven 13 2 0 0 8
2015–16 Oldham 30 7 1 0 30
2017 Oldham 15 9 0 0 36
2018–19 Rochdale Hornets 27 6 0 0 24
2019– Swinton Lions 9 3 0 0 12
Total 116 40 1 0 162
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– Italy 9 12 0 0 48
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Sedgley Tigers 10 8 0 0 40
As of 14 June 2018
Source: [1][2][3]

Background

Richard Lepori was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. After the breakdown of his parents marriage he moved with his mother to Chorley, Lancashire in 2001.

He attended Holy Cross RC High School where he was encouraged to play rugby, a sport he fell in love with.

His mother still lives in Chorley, and he has an older brother who lives in Manchester.

Playing career

Lepori was previously contracted to play in the academy teams of Salford City Reds, and later Castleford Tigers. He joined Oldham in the third-tier Championship 1 in 2013, before moving to Queensland, Australia the following year, playing for the Atherton Roosters in the Cairns District Rugby League. On 23 October 2014, it was announced that Lepori would be returning to England in 2015 to join Whitehaven in the second-tier Championship.[5] Lepori left the club in July 2015 after their signing of Louis Jouffret saw him receive no game time.[6] He rejoined recently promoted Oldham in the Championship, before joining the Sedgley Tigers, a rugby union club, in the fourth-tier National League 2 North. Lepori once again rejoined Oldham midseason in March 2017.[7] Lepori joined Rochdale Hornets in October 2017.

References
  1. "Richard Lepori". Love Rugby League.
  2. "Richard Lepori - Player matches". Stat Bunker. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. "Lepori shifts focus to Oldham". Sportinglife. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016.
  5. "Whitehaven sign Italian international full-back Lepori". News & Star. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. "Full-back Richard Lepori leaves Whitehaven RL". News & Star. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  7. "Home is where the heart is, says Lippy". roughyeds.co.uk. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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