{{Short description|Wales international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Richard Wintle | image = | caption = | full_name = Richard Vivian Wintle | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Kenfig Hill, Wales | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 10 in | weight = 182 lb | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Wing | repyears1 = 1988 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}} | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Richard Vivian Wintle''' (born 11 December 1967) is a Welsh former rugby union international.
Wintle, born in Kenfig Hill, was a student at Cynffig Comprehensive School. A speedy winger, who won the Wales AAA 200 metres title as a teenager, he represented Wales in under-15s and schoolboys rugby.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unsettled Wintle chooses Bridgend |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/933401747 |work=South Wales Echo |date=4 January 1989}}</ref>
While studying medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London, Wintle competed for London Welsh and in 1988 was capped for Wales in a home Test against Western Samoa, coming on as a substitute for Carwyn Davies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Welsh drive is unimpressive in second gear |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260349651 |work=The Guardian |date=14 November 1988}}</ref>
Wintle switched to Bridgend RFC in 1989, making the commute from London to train and play. He slipped out of international reckoning, in part due to medical commitments, but continued to play during the 1990s, for clubs including Swansea and Caerphilly.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wintle back from the wilderness |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/921961663 |work=Wales on Sunday |date=5 December 1993}}</ref> His younger brother Matthew Wintle was capped for Wales in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woolford |first1=Anthony |title=Welsh rugby's most gifted brothers: The siblings who grew up to play for Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/welsh-rugbys-most-gifted-brothers-9248821 |work=Wales Online |date=15 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Wales national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|10509}}
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