{"id":332528,"date":"2011-03-23T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/23\/sale-quiet-on-link-to-richards\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T14:27:06","slug":"sale-quiet-on-link-to-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/23\/sale-quiet-on-link-to-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale quiet on link to Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.3243738546\">\n<div readability=\"67\">\n                    <span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e35f23e1atrichards3.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Pat Richards\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Richards has played a key role in Wigan&#8217;s resurgence in recent years<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Empty - Wide embedded hyper -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Sale Sharks are remaining tight lipped on speculation linking them to Wigan Warriors back Pat Richards at the end of the current Super League season.<\/p>\n<p>Richards was voted last season&#8217;s Super League &#8216;Man of Steel&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old is currently working his way back to fitness after rupturing his Achilles tendon during Wigan&#8217;s 2010 Grand Final win over St Helens.<\/p>\n<p>A Sale spokesman confirmed the club were aware of the speculation, but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>The Stockport-based Premiership rugby union club have made a raft of recent signings as they look to rebuild their first-team squad after a second successive season during which the Sharks have struggled at the lower end of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Richards began his career with the Parramatta Eels before moving to Wests Tigers, where he was a member of the side which won the 2005 NRL Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to Wigan later that year, and has since played 153 games for the Cherry and Whites, scoring 105 tries and kicking 259 goals. in 2010 he set a club record by scoring a total of 410 points, but his contract runs out at the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Although born in Australia, Richards plays international rugby league for Ireland, being eligible through his parents.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Wigan said: &#8220;There has has been no official contact of any kind, and as far as we are concerned there is nothing in the story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There had been speculation that Richards could train with Sale as part of his rehabiliation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e35f23e1atrichards3.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12832994.stm\" title=\"Sale quiet on link to Richards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sale quiet on link to Richards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Richards has played a key role in Wigan&#8217;s resurgence in recent years Sale Sharks are remaining tight lipped on speculation linking them to Wigan Warriors back Pat Richards at the end of the current Super League season. 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