:Richard Diplock

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| full_name = Richard Sean Diplock

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|05|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ebbw Vale, Wales

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| height = 5 ft 11 in

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| position = Wing

| repyears1 = 1988

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 1

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Richard Sean Diplock (born 7 May 1965) is a Welsh former rugby union international.

Born in Ebbw Vale, Diplock was educated at Glan Afan Comprehensive School.{{cite news |title=Fact File |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/996083611 |work=South Wales Evening Post |date=9 December 1988}}

Diplock, who is a steelworker by profession, played his rugby union as a winger and represented Wales Youth. His only Wales cap came in a loss at home to Romania in 1988. He competed mostly for Aberavon and Bridgend at club level, with a stint too at Sydney club Drummoyne, before retiring from rugby at the age of 35.{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Geraint |title=This former Wales rugby star is stepping into the ring for charity |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/former-wales-rugby-star-stepping-14542309 |work=Wales Online |date=17 April 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Flight of fancy! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/996073889 |work=South Wales Evening Post |date=1 October 1987}}