Richard Pierce (rugby union)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|05|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = West Derby, England

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1898–1903

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Richard Pierce (born 30 May 1874) was an English international rugby union player.

A forward, Pierce competed for hometown club Liverpool and was capped twice for England, five years apart. He made his debut against Ireland at Richmond in 1898 and returned for a match against Scotland in 1903.{{cite news |title=Football Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/893403859 |work=Liverpool Mercury |date=7 February 1898}}{{cite news |title=Rugby Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/904769826 |work=Liverpool Mercury |date=23 March 1903}}

Pierce's nephew Richard also played for Liverpool and died in 1935 of spinal injuries received during scrum practice.{{cite news |title=Fatal Rugby Scrum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/816142558 |work=Western Morning News |date=24 September 1935}}