Richard Wigglesworth rugby player
Richard Wigglesworth rugby player

Richard Wigglesworth

9th Jun 1983 1.76m/85kg Assistant Coach

Ben Earl eager for England to right old wrongs against Scotland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scotland may be smarting from the injustice of their defeat by France but Ben Earl insists England also have a point to prove in their Calcutta Cup clash. Replays suggested Scotland had scored a legitimate...

Ollie Lawrence could reinforce England for Six Nations clash with Scotland

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ollie Lawrence could reinforce England’s Guinness Six Nations in time for their round-three clash with Scotland as he steps up his recovery from a hip problem. Lawrence sustained the injury while...

Andrew Strawbridge joins England Rugby as consultant coach

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Andrew Strawbridge will join Steve Borthwick’s coaching group as a consultant coach for the first four weeks of the 2024 Guinness Six Nations. The 59-year-old Kiwi was recently part of the All Blacks set-up...

Ben Youngs, England's most-capped male player of all time, announces his retirement from International rugby

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Leicester Tigers scrum half, who made his debut against Scotland in 2010, has been a mainstay in England squads since that cold evening in Edinburgh 13 years ago.  This weekend's Bronze...

Sale condemn ‘disgusting abuse’ aimed at Tom Curry and his family

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

World Rugby is investigating an allegation made by Curry against South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi. Tom Curry’s club have hit out at the “disgusting abuse” directed at the England player...

England rally around Tom Curry ahead of Argentina clash

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Curry has alleged he was racially abused by South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi. England insist Tom Curry is ready for Friday’s World Cup bronze final as squad and management rally around the flanker...

Quotes of the Day - 'It would be good to take some gas out of that bomb'

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

"I avoided him at all costs."England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth on if he was tackled by Courtney Lawes during his career "I made a little joke saying 'you know they've got the 'Bomb Squad', so...

Freddie Steward: 'We are all devastated, we gave absolutely everything'

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Richard Wigglesworth, attack coach  On coping with the semi-final result: "It definitely takes a bit longer when it's that close and that late. It hurts but that's why we love sport and rugby because...

I quite like the noise – Ellis Genge ‘fuelled’ by England’s critics

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

England take on South Africa on Saturday for a place in the World Cup final. Ellis Genge believes England enter their World Cup semi-final against South Africa on Saturday with “everyone wanting...

'If there is going to be beef, there is going to be beef' - Quotes of the Day

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Our pick of the quotes from Monday, 16 and Tuesday, 17 October at Rugby World Cup 2023. "If there is going to be beef, there is going to be beef."South Africa fly-half Handre Pollard on their semi-final...