Niall Morris (rugby union)

Niall Morris
Full name Niall Edward Morris
Date of birth (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kilograms (13.9 st)[1]
School Blackrock College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing, Fullback
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Blackrock College RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009-11
2011-16
2016
Leinster
Leicester Tigers
Leinster
8
75
(15)
(85)
(0)
correct as of 23 May 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007
2008
2013
Ireland u19
Ireland u20
Emerging Ireland
4
6
3
(5)
(10)
(10)
correct as of February 2016.

Niall Edward Morris (born 8 August 1988) is a former Irish rugby union footballer who played Wing or Full-back for Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership.

Morris played for Leinster Rugby on a development contract, appearing for the first team eight times.[2]

He joined Leicester in the summer of 2011.[3] It was revealed by Leicester Tigers, that Niall Morris was out of contract at the end of the 2015/2016 season, and wasn't being offered a new one.

In September 2013 Morris was called up for a training camp with the senior Ireland squad.[4]

References

  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. "Leinster Rugby profile". Leinster Rugby. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. Conway, Alan (7 July 2011). "Morris excited by Tigers opportunity". Sports News Ireland. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. "Tom Court and Darren Cave omitted from Ireland training camp". BBC. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

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