Morgan Knowles
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| Born | 5 November 1996 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 5 lb (104 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward, Second-row, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 26 June 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan Knowles (born 5 November 1996) is a Wales & England dual international[3] rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward, second-row or hooker for St Helens in the Super League.[1][2][4][5]
Background[]
Knowles was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
Career[]
He played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[6]
He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old Trafford.[7][8][9]
Knowles played in St Helens 2020 Super League Grand Final victory over Wigan at the Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull.[10]
On 17 July 2021, he played for St. Helens in their 26-12 2021 Challenge Cup Final victory over Castleford.[11] On 9 October 2021, he played in St. Helens 2021 Super League Grand Final victory over Catalans Dragons.[12]
Representative[]
On 25 June 2021 he made a try scoring début for England in their 24-26 defeat to the Combined Nations All Stars, staged at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington, as part of England’s 2021 Rugby League World Cup preparation.[13]
References[]
- ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Morgan Knowles and Matty Fleming sign new St Helens contracts". BBC. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "St Helens bow for Barrow Island junior Morgan Knowles". North West Evening Mail. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "St Helens sign up Morgan Knowles, Ricky Bailey, Jake Spedding and Levy Nzoungou". Sky Sports. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley". Mirror. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over Salford". Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened". The Guardian.
- ^ "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Super League Grand Final: Wigan 4-8 St Helens". BBC Sport.
- ^ "How St Helens players have celebrated their first Challenge Cup win in 13 years". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
- ^ "Super League Grand Final: Catalans Dragons 10-12 St Helens: Saints win three in a row". BBC Sport.
- ^ "England 24-26 Combined All Stars - Shaun Wane loses first game". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
External links[]
- St Helens profile
- SL profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at rlwc2017.com
- Saints Heritage Society profile
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- England national rugby league team players
- English rugby league players
- English people of Welsh descent
- Rugby league players from Barrow-in-Furness
- Rugby league hookers
- St Helens R.F.C. players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- English rugby league biography stubs