Richard Wallace (rugby union)

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Richard Wallace

| image =

| birth_name = Richard Michael Wallace

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|14|st|0|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| relatives = Paul Wallace
David Wallace

| position = Wing

| years1 = 1995–97

| years2 = 1997–99

| clubs1 = Munster

| clubs2 = Saracens

| apps1 = 11

| apps2 = 25

| points1 = 20

| points2 = 55

| repyears1 = 1991–98

| repyears2 = 1993

| repteam1 = Ireland

| repteam2 = Lions

| repcaps1 = 29

| repcaps2 = 0

| reppoints1 = 23

| reppoints2 = 0

| repsevensyears1 =

| repsevenscomp1 =

}}

Richard Michael Wallace (born 16 January 1968) is a former Garryowen, Munster, Saracens, Ireland and Lions rugby union player. He was a winger and gained 29 caps with the Ireland national rugby union team. He was a member of the first Munster team to compete in the Heineken Cup. He made his full international debut in 1991 against Namibia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/ireland/rugby/player/11040.html|title=Richard Michael Wallace|website=ESPN scrum}} He is the all-time top try scorer for the Ireland national rugby sevens team in Rugby World Cup Sevens with 10 tries.{{cite web |title=Rugby World Cup |url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/worldrugby/document/2018/07/19/4f18f6a0-28b2-476e-a2de-4fa1ad70d80e/RWC-Sevens-2018-Men-s-team-biographies-19072018.pdf |website=Amazon}}

His younger brothers Paul Wallace and David Wallace also played rugby for Ireland. He later became an airline pilot for CityJet.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/winger-wallace-flying-high-in-his-new-career-as-pilot-1.342557|title=Winger Wallace flying high in his new career as pilot|first=John|last=O'Sullivan|newspaper=The Irish Times}}