Patrick Rich

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Patrick (or Pat) Rich is an English former semi-professional rugby league player who represented Oldham Roughyeds RLFC in the Northern Ford Premiership (later National League One in the National Leagues).

Playing career

Started his career as an amateur playing for Durham Tigers RLFC in the North-East of England, outside of the sports traditional heartland. He played stand off for the club who had some success as a junior side in the early 90s dominating the other junior teams in the North East and also having successful forays against Yorkshire teams. He began his senior professional career as loose forward at Keighley Cougars [ [http://archive.keighleynews.co.uk/1999/8/28/162187.html "Keighley News" - Cougars: Stepho leads battle against Vikings] ] , Pat subsequently moved to Oldham where his biggest impact came during the 2001 season and, in particular, his contribution with the boot which helped his side to the Northern Ford Premiership semi-final win 39-32 over Rochdale Hornets when he kicked nine out of nine goal attempts [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/s/29/29036_rochdale_32_oldham_39.html "Manchester Evening News" - "Rochdale 32 Oldham 39"] ] . Sadly his trademark accuracy deserted him in the Grand Final and he was unable to secure the points needed with Neil Kelly's Widnes Vikings running out victors 24-12 [ [http://www.playtheball.com/nfp/news/news.asp?newsid=4417 "PlaytheBall.com" - "Win takes Widnes to the brink"] ] .

During his first spell at Oldham, Pat was the club's most consistent goal kicker since the 1960s, [ [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:B9Bn3XMQ73oJ:www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/s/165/165919_rich_returns.html+%22pat+rich%22+rugby&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=11 "Oldham Advertiser" - "Rich returns"] ] shortly afterwards Pat left the North Western club to pursue a career in the law. Although he returned for brief spells with Sheffield Eagles, London Skolars and finally Oldham for some 14 games in 2004 [ [http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/s/165/165948_happy_at_win_for_belowpar_display.html "Oldham Advertiser" - "Happy at win for below par display"] ] [ [http://www.rochdalehornets.com/~rochdale/cgi-bin/story4/20040813180216.shtml "RochdaleHornets.com" - "Sunday's Coming!"] ] , he no longer plays competitive football.

Nevertheless, despite his brief spell as an Oldham player, Pat is highly regarded by Roughyeds fans for his contributions [ [http://oldhamroughyeds.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1480&p=2&stid=8065484 "OldhamRoughyeds.rivals.net" - Player Profile - Pat Rich] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.roughyeds.co.uk Oldham Roughyeds Official Site]