Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Richards ya kasance lamba takwas kuma ya buga wasanni 314 don Leicester Tigers tsakanin 1982 da 1997, ya kasance kyaftin yayin da Leicester ta lashe gasar 1994-95 Courage League da Pilkington Cup na 1997, kuma ya kuma taka leda yayin da Leicester ta lashe taken gasar Ingila a 1987-88 da Pilkington Cup na 1993. Ya buga wasanni 48 a tsakanin 1986 da 1996, lambar rikodin duniya don matsayinsa a lokacin, gami da 1987, 1991
da 1995 Rugby World Cups, kuma ya wakilci British Lions a 1989 yawon shakatawa zuwa Australia da 1993 yawon shakatawa zuwa New Zealand wasa a shida kasa da kasa matches. An dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun lambar takwas da suka buga wasan.