Sean Morrell

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Sean Morrell
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Sean Morrell during a SuperLiga match in 2015
Date of birth (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Fiji
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
School Mount Albert Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)


2011-
Ponsonby RFC
King Country
CSM Baia Mare
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009 Fiji 1 (0)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2009 Fiji 1

Sean Morrell (born 23 August 1986) is a Fijian international rugby union player.

He played with the Ponsonby RFC winning the Gallaher Shield [1] and also for King Country in the Heartland Championship. [2] In 2011 he joined Romanian club CSM Baia Mare. [3]

He won only one cap for Fiji, against Japan in the Pacific Nations Cup in June 2009. [4] Next month he was selected for the Fiji sevens team [5] and won gold at the 2009 World Games. [6]

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References

  1. 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Ponsonby District Rugby Football Club
  2. "Swamp Foxes eye Cup round". Stuff. 13 September 2010.
  3. "Un neozeelandez la Baia Mare | Baia-Mare | Ziare.com". ziare.com.
  4. "Sean Brian Morrell". ESPN scrum.
  5. "Morrell to debut for Fiji in World Games". fijilive.com. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. "Fiji retain World Games Gold".