Dane Morgan

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Dane Morgan
Personal information
Born (1979-01-30) 30 January 1979 (age 45)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1999 North Sydney Bears 50000
2000 Melbourne Storm 10000
2000 Wests Tigers 10000
2003–04 Oldham RLFC 22008
2005 Batley Bulldogs 10000
Total102008
Source: [1] [2]

Dane Morgan (born 30 January 1979) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a second-row forward in the 1990s and 2000s.

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He played for the North Sydney Bears in 1999 and then for both the Wests Tigers and the Melbourne Storm in 2000.

Early career

Morgan played schoolboy football with Holy Cross College and junior football with Leichhardt. He played junior representative games with Balmain Tigers, before transferring to Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks for under 17s. [2]

Playing career

Morgan played 5 games for the North Sydney Bears in the 1999 NRL season and was in the side for Norths final ever first grade game against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. [3] [4]

Signed by Melbourne Storm, Morgan travelled to England as part of the Storm squad to contest the 2000 World Club Challenge against Super League Champions St Helens, with Morgan playing from the interchange bench and scoring a try the contributed to his team's victory. He made a solitary appearance for Melbourne in round 14 of the 2000 NRL season, before being released mid season.

Morgan then joined the Wests Tigers in the same year and played one game for the club which came in round 20 against the Brisbane Broncos which Wests lost 56–12 at ANZ Stadium. [5]

Later in his career, Morgan played in England for two seasons with Oldham R.L.F.C. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Melbourne Storm 2000 Info Guide. Melbourne Storm. p. 43.
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  4. "Manly Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears must merge into a 'behemoth' club, says Brad Fittler". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  5. "WESTS TIGERS FIRST GRADE PLAYERS". Wests Tigers.
  6. "Dane Morgan - ORL Heritage Trust". Oldham Rugby League Heritage trust. Retrieved 7 February 2022.