Edgar Morgan (15 April 1882– April 1962) was a

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forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club and the British Lions Morgan made his Swansea debut in 1907 and played in the Swansea victories over both touring

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(1908) and South African (1912) teams.Swansea RFC player profiles
/ref> He joined the British Army during World War I, and was later commissioned as an infantry officer before transferring to the Royal Engineers.

International career

Morgan gained his first international cap, when he was called up to play for

Arthur Harding Arthur Flowers Harding (8 August 1878 – 15 May 1947) was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the Wales team for the famous '' ...

's Anglo-Welsh, British Lions team that toured New Zealand and Australia in 1908. It took a further six years until Morgan won his first Welsh cap against England at

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on 17 January 1914. Morgan played all four home nation games that season and may have gained more caps but for the outbreak of the World War. ''International matches played''Smith (1980), pg 469. * 1914 * 1914 * 1914 * 1914

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