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| Full name | Morgan Morse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morgan Morse (born 18 January 2005) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys and Swansea RFC as a backrow. [1] [2]
Morse began his career at Cwmtwrch RFC, featuring for West Wales under-14 and Ospreys West under-14. [3] [4] He joined the Ospreys Academy in 2021, while with the side he was dual-registered and featured for his home town of Swansea RFC in the Indigo Group Welsh Premiership. [5] [6] [7] On the 3rd of November 2023 he made his debut for the Ospreys off the bench against the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship. [8]
He scored a wonder try against Cardiff in Round 9 of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship, described as the "individual try of the season". [9] [10]
He captained the Wales under-18 side, [11] before playing for the Wales under-20 side at 17. He made his debut against Scotland scoring a try off the bench. Featuring at the U20 World Championship starting in all of Wales matches. [12]
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