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Richard Savage

Cornerback and kicker who joined from Cambridge and played from 1997–98 to 2000–01. He was BCAFL Special Teams Player of the Year in 1998–99 and made the BCAFL All-Time Team. A five-time All-College selection and two-time GB Bulldog; inducted into the club Hall of Fame in 2002.

Richard Savage: feature

BCAFL Special Teams Player of the Year
1998–99[1][2][3]
BCAFL All-Time Team
Kicker[1][2][4]
1984–1999 team
College Bowl winner
XII, XIII, XIV[3][5]
All-College First Team
1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01[1][2][6]
at cornerback and kicker
Hurricanes Hall of Fame
Founding class, 2002[4][7]

Career with the Hurricanes

  1. 1997–98

    Wore #1 and started at cornerback and kicker in his first season. He kicked 32 of 35 extra points and 6 of 8 field goals (long 41 yards), returned an interception 47 yards for a touchdown against Kent, and was Special Teams MVP five times, including in the College Bowl XII win over Leeds Celtics.[8][9][10][11][3]

  2. 1997–98

    Voted Hurricanes Special Teams Player of the Year, named to the All-College First Team at cornerback and kicker, and selected for the Southern Conference Wildcats.[11][6][2][1][12]

  3. 1998–99

    Intercepted four passes in the first two games of the title defence and was defensive MVP of the 14–0 opening win over Bath. Named to the All-College First Team at both cornerback and kicker as the Hurricanes beat Loughborough Aces 7–3 in College Bowl XIII.[13][14][1][2][15]

  4. 1998–99

    Voted BCAFL Special Teams Player of the Year and named kicker on the BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999).[1][2][4]

  5. 1999–2000 · 20 February 2000

    Kicked the game’s only points, a fourth-quarter field goal, in a 3–0 win at UEA Pirates, on the way to College Bowl XIV. The 20–6 win over Leicester Lemmings made him one of nine Hurricanes to win the title in each of the three seasons.[16][17][5]

  6. 2000–01

    Voted Hurricanes Special Teams Player of the Year for a second time and named to the All-College First Team at kicker.[6][2][1][4]

  7. 2002–03 · 2002

    Inducted into the Hurricanes Hall of Fame as part of the founding class and named kicker on the club’s All-Time Team.[4][7][18][19]

Beyond the Hurricanes

  • Farnham Knights youth team · before 1995[3]
  • Cambridge Pythons · 1995–96 to 1996–97[3][4]
  • GB Bulldogs, kicker (also wide receiver in 1996 and cornerback in 1998) · 1996 (while at Cambridge) and 1998, including the 1998 European Championship game against Germany[3][4][20]

Sources for this feature

  1. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  2. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  3. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/profiles/players/RSavage.htm
  4. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  5. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/CollegeBowlXIV.htm
  6. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  7. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Hall of Fame biographies (2002)
  8. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/1997Roster.htm
  9. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/Depth.htm
  10. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/SeasonStats.htm
  11. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1997/Awards.htm
  12. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 1997–98 awards
  13. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/Games/081198RC.htm
  14. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/Games/011198GB.htm
  15. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1998/season.htm
  16. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/games/herts@pirates.htm
  17. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/season.htm
  18. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm
  19. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All Time Team (2002)
  20. Matt Coppinger, club founder, in conversation 2026-10-22

Honours

League All-Time Team

  • BCAFL All-Time Team (1984–1999), K

Great Britain selection

  • 1997–98 — GB Bulldogs, kicker and cornerback (summer 1998, including the European Championship game against Germany)
  • 1995–96 — GB Bulldogs, kicker and wide receiver (summer 1996, selected while at Cambridge)

Hurricanes Hall of Fame

  • 2002–03 — Hurricanes Hall of Fame, founding class of 2002

Hurricanes All-Time Team

  • K

Game MVP

All-Star

Club award

  • 2000–01 — Hurricanes Special Teams Player of the Year
  • 1997–98 — Hurricanes Special Teams Player of the Year

Other honours

  • 1998–99 — BCAFL Special Teams Player of the Year

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