Adelaide-born Glen Richards will ride for the British team in this year’s Phillip Island Classic and take on his compatriots in an effort to wrestle the title away from Australia.

Richards, a former British Supersport Champion, joins Jeremy McWilliams, John McGuinness, Mike Edwards, Ryan Farquhar and Conor Cummins our team to take on reigning champion Shawn Giles, Steve Martin, Brendan Roberts, Cameron Donald and BSB newboy Jed Metcher in the Aussie squad. Richards qualifies as a British rider as his mother is from Manchester and he holds dual-nationality.

“It will be interesting to see how Glen goes, and how he deals with the inevitable banter that will be coming his way as an Aussie in the UK team! That’s going to be fun to watch for sure,” said team boss Keith Higgs.