David "Dai" Morgan (14 July 1872 – 13 September 1933)
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fly-half who played club rugby for

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and was capped twice for

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Rugby career

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

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in a game against Ireland. Morgan was brought in as a replacement for Cardiff's

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and was paired at half back with another Cardiff player,

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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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