David "Dai" Morgan (14 July 1872 – 13 September 1933)
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international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Llanelli and was capped twice for Wales.

Rugby career

Morgan first played international rugby when he was selected for the final game of the

1895 Home Nations Championship The 1895 Home Nations Championship was the thirteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 16 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won all the ...

in a game against Ireland. Morgan was brought in as a replacement for Cardiff's Selwyn Biggs and was paired at half back with another Cardiff player, Ralph Sweet-Escott. Under the captaincy of Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Wales faced Ireland in a 'wooden spoon' decider, with both countries having already lost against England and Scotland. Wales won the game 5-3, thanks to an inventive try from Tom Pearson. The next season the Welsh selectors kept faith with Morgan bringing him into the team for the opening game of the 1896 Championship. This time the selectors chose a Llanelli pairing, bringing in Ben Davies, to whom this was also his second international. The match was a sporting disaster for Wales, losing 25-0, and although the forwards took the brunt of the blame, the selectors also reacted by dropping both Morgan and Davies, neither of whom ever represented Wales again.

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 463. * 1896 * 1895

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, David 1872 births 1933 deaths Welsh rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Llanelli Llanelli RFC players Wales international rugby union players