Niall Edward Morris (born 8 August 1988) is a former Irish

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer who played

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or fullback for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

in the

English Premiership The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

. Morris played for

Leinster Rugby Leinster Rugby ( ga, Rugbaí Laighean) is one of the four professional provincial rugby union teams from the island of Ireland and the most successful Irish team domestically. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby ...

on a development contract, appearing for the first team eight times. He joined Leicester in the summer of 2011. While at Leicester he started the 2013 Premiership final and scored a try as they defeated Northampton Saints. It was revealed by Leicester Tigers, that Morris was out of contract at the end of the 2015/2016 season, and wasn't being offered a new one. In September 2013 Morris was called up for a training camp with the senior

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

squad.

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1988 births Living people Rugby union wings Irish rugby union players Leicester Tigers players People educated at Blackrock College Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Leinster Rugby players Irish expatriate rugby union players Irish expatriate sportspeople in England {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub