Morgan Evans (rugby league)

Morgan Luc Evans (born 23 March 1992) is a Welsh rugby league footballer who plays for the West Wales Raiders in The Betfred League 1. He began his career playing with his university rugby league team and made his début with the Wales national rugby league team, in 2014 in a charity match against the Keighley Cougars. In 2015, he played prop during Wales's successful European Cup campaign. As well as the West Wales Raiders, he has also played for the clubs Gloucestershire All Golds, South Wales Scorpions and Coventry Bears.[1][2]

Morgan Evans
Personal information
Full nameMorgan Luc Evans
Born (1992-03-23) 23 March 1992
Caerphilly
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 South Wales Scorpions 8 0 0 0 0
2015 Coventry Bears 3 0 0 0 0
2016 Gloucestershire All Golds 23 2 0 0 8
2017–18 West Wales Raiders 27 3 0 0 12
2019– West Wales Raiders 13 3 0 0 12
Total 74 8 0 0 32
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 Wales 5 0 0 0 0
As of 18 July 2019
Source: [1][2]

Life and career

Evans was born in Caerphilly on 23 March 1992, and studied at Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni until 2010.[3][4] He began playing rugby after commencing a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Bath in 2011, and joined the university's team, the University of Bath Broncos, as a prop.[5] He toured South Africa with other British student players in 2014, before joining the South Wales Scorpions for their 2013/14 season.[6] Evans moved on to the Coventry Bears for the 2014/15 season,[7] and was called up by Wales coach John Kear in October 2014,[8] making his début in a charity match against the Keighley Cougars in honour of the rugby league footballer Danny Jones.[9]

In June 2015, Evans graduated from Bath with a first-class master's degree in mathematics;[10] that October, he was called up again by Wales to replace Ben Flower in the 2015 European Cup.[11][12] Wales went on to win the cup, their first European title in five years.[5] Evans subsequently signed with the Gloucestershire All Golds in November,[13][14] and took a coaching role with the University of Bath Broncos.[5]

See also

References
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  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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  4. "Morgan Evans". South Wales Scorpions. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  7. McCartney, Aidan (21 October 2015). Perry, Keith (ed.). "Coventry Bears prop Morgan Evans replaces Wigan's Ben Flower in Wales squad". Coventry Telegraph. Coventry: Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  8. "Garreth Carvell withdraws from Wales squad for European Cup". London: Sky Sports. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  9. "Morgan Evans called into the Wales squad". Wales Rugby League. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  10. "Summer Graduations 2015 Ceremony 2 – 12.30pm". Vimeo. Bath, Somerset: University of Bath. July 2015. 31:40 minutes. Archived from the original on 15 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  11. "Wales call up Morgan Evans to replace Ben Flower for European Championship". London: Sky Sports. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  12. "Morgan Evans replaces Wigan's Ben Flower in Wales RL squad". London: BBC Sport. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  13. Eastwood, Jenny, ed. (19 November 2015). "Deacs' Week: Andy Deacon talks Gloucester v La Rochelle, Baa-Baas and Eddie Jones for England". Gloucester Citizen. Gloucester: Local World. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  14. Baines, Patrick (8 November 2015). "All Golds sign Welsh international Morgan Evans". Gloucester: Gloucestershire All Golds. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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