Toby Morland (born 27 February 1983) is a New Zealand

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 ...

player. His position of choice is halfback. Morland currently plays for Manawatu in the Mitre 10 Cup. He made his Super rugby debut for the Highlanders in 2004 and played for them until 2008. He was selected because of his strong performance in the Air New Zealand Cup when he played for

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

Personal life

Morland has been living in the Manawatu, working as a personal trainer at the business he and his partner, Kate, started in

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

. He has been playing club rugby for Te Kawau. Morland has four children.

Otago

Since his debut for Otago in 2002 against Marlborough, Toby Morland was a regular player for the province, at times having to battle with

Chris Smylie Christopher Bradley Smylie (born 22 March 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the scrum-half position for Taranaki in the ITM Cup. He was born in Greater Auckland and attended Massey High School. In 2002 he made his professio ...

for the starting position. Morland has played 36 matches for Otago, scoring 20 points.

Highlanders

Morland first played for the Highlanders in 2004 against the Chiefs. Morland was a regular back up to

Jimmy Cowan Quinton James Cowan (born 6 March 1982) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He first played for the All Blacks – New Zealand's national team – during the 2004 tour to the United Kingdom and France, and played his last Test match for t ...

throughout his Super rugby career, having played 23 matches and scored 15 points.

Chiefs

Morland was drafted into the Chiefs squad for the 2009 Super 14 season.

Munster

On 11 June 2009, Morland signed a six-month contract with

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, he joined on 1 July. He won 4 caps for Munster and scored 1 try before returning to New Zealand in November 2009.

Manawatu

In 2015 Morland was called in as injury cover for Kayne Hammington who bruised his ribs at a training camp. He signed on a week-by-week contract until Hammington had recovered. He re-signed for the Turbos to play in the 2016 season. He started the first two games.

References

External links

Munster Profile

Chiefs player profiles

Manawatu Turbos profile
1983 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Highlanders (rugby union) players Blues (Super Rugby) players Chiefs (rugby union) players Otago rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Rugby union players from Oamaru Young Munster players Munster Rugby players Manawatu rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves New Zealand expatriate rugby union players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Ireland Expatriate rugby union players in Russia Expatriate rugby union players in Ireland {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub