Paul Morris (born 8 September 1962) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played for the

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Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground ...

and the

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in Sydney's NSWRFL competition in the 1980s. A

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, Morris grew up in the Sydney suburb of Ermington and started his NSWRFL career at Balmain, where he played two first-grade games in 1980. Morris switched to Newtown in 1981 and got his opportunity in first-grade late in the season, forming a partnership with

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in the halves. Throughout the 1981 finals series he remained Newtown's five-eighth, which included the grand final loss to Parramatta, in which he also served as goal-kicker. When Newtown folded he finished his NSWRL career with two seasons at St. George in 1984 and 1985, making a total of 18 appearances in first-grade.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League players, 1995 ()

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