Garrick Morgan (born 25 January 1970), is an Australian rugby coach and former

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er, who played

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for the Australian team from 1992 to 1997. In 2006, he became coach of the

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. He is currently head coach of the Souths in the

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competition.

Career

Clubs

Morgan attended rugby nursery Downlands College before playing for the Souths in Brisbane, the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies. Following his

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career he played for the Harlequins (1998-2002) where he was also captain. From 2002 to 2006 he also played for

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Rugby league career

In 1995, Morgan signed a three-year, $600,000 contract to play

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for the

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. His father, John Morgan, had played for Sydney club Manly-Warringah from 1963 to 1970 and had also represented

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on five occasions in interstate matches against Queensland.John "Pogo" Morgan at Rugby League Project
/ref> Morgan made just two appearances for the Crushers before signing for the

at the end of the season and returning to

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

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). Morgan was yellow carded in match in a 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

* 24 caps * 3 tries (15 points) * Caps by year : 3 in

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, 8 in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, 5 in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, 6 in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, 2 in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

References

External links

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1970 births Living people Australia international rugby union players Australian expatriate rugby union players in England Australian expatriate rugby union players in France Australian rugby league players Australian rugby union players Footballers who switched code Harlequin F.C. players People educated at Downlands College People educated at Marist College Ashgrove Queensland Reds players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby union locks Rugby union players from Sydney Section Paloise players South Queensland Crushers players 20th-century Australian sportsmen Souths Rugby players {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub