Peter Morgan is a former Welsh

Wales

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 international rugby union

Rugby union

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 player. In 1980 he toured South Africa

South Africa

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 with the British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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 and at the time played club rugby for Llanelli RFC

Llanelli RFC

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Playing career

Morgan played rugby from a young age including selection for the Welsh Youth team. After a spell playing with Haverfordwest RFC

Haverfordwest RFC

Haverfordwest Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Haverfordwest, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.-Club Badge:...

 he switched to first class team Llanelli. In 1979 Morgan was a member of the Llanelli sevens team which won the Snelling Sevens

Snelling Sevens

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 and he was awarded the Everson Award as the player of the tournament. It was as a Llanelli player he was first selected for the Wales national team

Wales national rugby union team

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 in the encounter with Scotland during the 1980 Five Nations Championship

1980 Five Nations Championship

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. In the same year he was chosen to represent the British Lions on their 1980 tour of South Africa

1980 British Lions tour to South Africa

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. Although he was not selected for any of the Test matches, he played in seven regional encounters, scoring a try

Try

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 in a narrow win over Griqualand West

Wildeklawer Griquas

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Morgan played in four matches for Wales, including the 1980 game against the All Blacks at Cardiff.