Gareth Morton

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Gareth Morton
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Personal information
Full nameGareth Morton
Born (1982-10-21) 21 October 1982 (age 42)
Perth, Scotland
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight16 st 12 lb (107 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Centre, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2001–02 Leeds Rhinos 20000
2005–07 Hull Kingston Rovers 51232100512
2007 Oldham 7429074
2008 Doncaster 5011022
2008 Widnes Vikings 61004
Total71282500612
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2001–08 Scotland 405010
Rugby union
Position Full-back / Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002–05 Border Reivers 27613062
2007–08 Venezia Mestre 1120010
Total38813072
Source: [1]

Gareth Morton (21 October 1982) is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer. He last played for the WA Reds in the 2009 Bundaberg Red Cup rugby league competition in Australia. [2]

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He has previously played for the Leeds Rhinos, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham RLFC, Doncaster RLFC, Widnes Vikings, WA Reds and Scotland.

Background

Morton was born in Perth, Scotland.

Career

Morton switched codes to play rugby union for Scottish Borders. Morton was called up to the senior Scotland union squad for the 2004 Six Nations Championship. [3]

He was released by Hull KR on 17 September 2007.

He has been named in the Scotland training squad [ broken anchor ] for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [4]

He has been named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Gareth Morton rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ http://www.nswrl.com.au/article.php?id=675%5B%5D
  3. ↑ "Scots recall for Laney". BBC. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
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