Jac Morgan

Jac Morgan (born 21 January 2000) is a Welsh rugby union player. Morgan plays in the backrow. He plays rugby for the Ospreys.[1][2]

Jac Morgan
Birth nameJac Morgan
Date of birth (2000-01-21) 21 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 Ospreys
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019–2021
2021–		 Scarlets
Ospreys		 18
8		 (15)
(0)
Correct as of 25 April 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018–2020 Wales U20 15 (10)
2022– Wales 3 (0)

Early life

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

Club career

Morgan came through the Scarlets academy and made his debut in the Challenge Cup clash with London Irish in November 2019. Morgan then scored his first professional try in the Pro 14 defeat to Ulster.[4]

After returning from a knee injury in February, Morgan crossed for two tries in a man-of-the-match display against Benetton, before putting in 25 tackles to help the Scarlets claim a crucial victory over Edinburgh. This led to Morgan being voted Scarlets Player of the Month for February.[5]

In March 2021, it was announced that Morgan would join local rivals Ospreys following expiration of his contract.[6]

Morgan can play at blindside, no 8 and open side flanker.[3] He is relatively small compared to most,[7] but not all,[8] top international players in these positions.

International

In the Six Nations Under 20s Championship 2019-20 he captained Wales[9] and achieved more turnovers than any other player in this tournament.[10] He was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship.[11]

Morgan made his senior Wales debut on 12 February 2022 in the 20-17 victory over Scotland.[12]

References
  1. "Scarlets Academy". scarlets.wales. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "Jac Morgan". itsrugby.co.uk. 5 January 2020.
  3. Orders, Mark (16 November 2020). "The 'unbelievable' performance from a young Welsh rugby machine". WalesOnline.
  4. "Ulster rack up bonus point over Scarlets in game of two halves at Kingspan". Belfasttelegraph.
  5. "Jac voted Scarlets player of the month for February". Scarlets Rugby.
  6. "Ospreys confirm Morgan signing". BBC Sport.
  7. e.g. Sam Cane, Tom Curry, Sam Underhill, Jerome Kaino
  8. e.g. Hamish Watson
  9. "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)
  10. "Rising Stars - Welsh Wrecking Ball, Jac Morgan". www.ultimaterugby.com.
  11. "Dan Biggar: Wales name Lions fly-half as captain for 2022 Six Nations". BBC. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. "Biggar leads Wales to win over Scotland". BBC Sport.


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