From Street, Somerset, Richards attended Crispin School before receiving an offer to join Millfield on a scholarship.

[5] His performances during that campaign also led to him winning Bath Breakthrough player of the year award.

In September 2023, he captained Bath for the first time as they secured a 29-23 victory away at Cornish Pirates in the Premiership Rugby Cup.

[10] Richards played for the England U18 team as a 16 year-old and was a member of their tour to South Africa in the summer of 2019.

[13][14] Richards whole family are Bath fans, his father Neil was a coach at Tor RFC where Ewan started playing rugby at five years-old.