Career
Richards made his senior debut for The Kookaburras in 1998. After missing Olympic selection he traveled to Belgium to play for the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club (RAHC) - where he remains as a player / coach today. Richards was recently named assistant coach to Adam Commens with the Belgium National Men"s Hockey Team.
The Belgium team made history by qualifying for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 by defeating world champions Germany at the 2007 European Nations Cup in Manchester, in the bronze medal match.
lieutenant was Belgium"s highest ever finish in a European Cup, and their first Olympic qualification since 1976.