Eliseo Morales (rugby union)

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Eliseo Morales
Full nameEliseo Nicolas Morales Abraham
Date of birth (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022 Argentina 1 (0)

Eliseo Nicolas Morales Abraham (born 11 March 1998) is an Argentine professional rugby union player.

A native of Salta, Morales picked up rugby union at the age of six and started his career with local side Universitario de Salta, a club his father and two brothers have also competed for. He was selected to represent Argentina at the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, but ended up sidelined with injury. [1]

Morales played for Colombian franchise Cafeteros Pro in the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. [2]

After touring the United States with the Jaguares XV in 2022, Morales was an unused member in the Pumas squad for the 2022 Rugby Championship, then won his first cap on their end-of-year tour of Europe, as a second-half replacement scrum-half for Gonzalo Bertranou against Wales at Millennium Stadium. [1]

Morales switched to Pampas for the 2023 Super Rugby Americas season and tore a cruciate ligament in his left knee during their semi-final loss to Dogos, which ruled him out of World Cup contention. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eliseo Morales, de Salta a Colombia, y de Pampas a la ilusión de vestir la camiseta de los Pumas en el Mundial". La Nación (in Spanish). 7 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Eliseo Morales: "Estamos conectados como equipo"". Norte Rugby (in Spanish). 12 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Argentina Scrum-half Eliseo Morales out of the World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 15 June 2023.
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