Jac Morgan

Jac Morgan (born 1 February 2000) is a Welsh rugby union player. Morgan plays in the backrow. He plays rugby for the Scarlets.[1][2]

Jac Morgan
Birth nameJac Morgan
Date of birth (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000
Place of birthCarmarthen, Wales
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
SchoolYsgol Dyffryn Aman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Scarlets
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019– Scarlets 12 (5)
Correct as of 28 Nov 2020

Early life

Morgan was born in Sketty, Wales. He gave up a mechanical engineering apprenticeship to pursue professional rugby union.[3]

Rugby union

In the Six Nations Under 20s Championship 2019-20 he captained Wales[4] and achieved more turnovers than any other player in this tournament.[5]

Morgan has impacted senior level games also.[6]

Morgan can play at blindside, no 8 and open side flanker.[7] He is relatively small compared to most,[8] but not all,[9] top international players in these positions.

References
  1. "Scarlets Academy". scarlets.wales. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "Jac Morgan". itsrugby.co.uk. 5 January 2020.
  3. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/unbelievable-performance-young-rugby-machine-19286894
  4. "Under-20s Six Nations: Wales 7-17 Italy". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020. Scarlets flanker Jac Morgan captained Wales Under-20s against Italy (picture caption)
  5. https://www.ultimaterugby.com/news/rising-stars---welsh-wrecking-ball%2C-jac-morgan/626221
  6. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/unbelievable-performance-young-rugby-machine-19286894
  7. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/unbelievable-performance-young-rugby-machine-19286894
  8. e.g. Sam Cane,Tom Curry, Sam Underhill, Jerome Kaino
  9. e.g. Hamish Watson


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