By Isle of Wight Observer
The man, affectionately known as ‘Chippy’, debuted for his country in the World Rugby Sevens series in 2011, starting an eight-year journey in the Sevens game. Now, Richard de Carpentier brings ‘Let Sport Do The Talking’ to Strings Bar & Venue, in Newport, on Tuesday, March 11, at 7.30pm.
From Sydney to Hong Kong to Las Vegas, de Carpentier has featured all around the world, with the red rose on his chest and earned over 200 caps, winning the RPA England Sevens player-of-the-year in 2017, and featuring in medal-winning campaigns at the Rugby World Cup Sevens, in San Francisco, and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games a year later.
His 43 Sevens tournaments coincide with appearances in the Premiership, Champions Cup, Challenge Cup, Championship, LV Cup, A League and British & Irish Cup.
Leicester, Nottingham Rugby, Worcester Warriors and Harlequins were all fortunate to have de Carpentier as part of their squads during his career before he arrived in the West Country, at Bath, where he then retired at the end of the 2022/23 season.
Tickets to see his show are £6.60, and can be bought on-line via iw.observer/let-sport-do-the-talking.