Garrick Morgan
| Birth name | Garrick Jay Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 January 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Downlands College Marist College Ashgrove | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garrick Morgan (born 25 January 1970), is an Australian former rugby footballer, who played rugby union for the Australian team from 1992 to 1997.
In 2006, he became coach of the Gold Coast Breakers.
Career[]
Club[]
- Downlands College (High School)
- South Queensland Crushers (rugby league) 1995
- Queensland Reds 1996-1998
- Harlequins 1998-2002 (captain)
- Section Paloise 2002-2006
Rugby league career[]
In 1995 Morgan signed a three-year, $600,000 contract to play rugby league for the South Queensland Crushers. His father, John Morgan had played for Sydney club Manly-Warringah from 1963 to 1970 and had also represented New South Wales on five occasions in interstate matches against Queensland.[1]
Morgan made just two appearances for the Crushers before signing for the Queensland Reds at the end of the season and returning to rugby union.
With the Wallabies[]
- Garrick Morgan played his first test match on 4 July 1992 against the New Zealand team (won 16–15) and his last test match on 26 July 1997 against the New Zealand team (lost 18–33 in Melbourne)
Garrick Morgan was yellow carded in match in 1992 against Munster while playing for Australia in Ireland.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Winner of European Challenge Cup in 2000–2001.
- Finalist in European Challenge Cup 2004–2005.
With the Wallabies[]
References[]
External links[]
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- 1970 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian rugby league players
- South Queensland Crushers players
- Living people
- Australia international rugby union players
- Harlequin F.C. players
- Queensland Reds players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Australian rugby union biography stubs