Peter Morgan (rugby union)

Peter John Morgan (1 January 1959 – 27 July 2024) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played on the wing. In 1980 he toured South Africa with the British Lions and at the time played club rugby for Llanelli RFC.

Peter Morgan

Birth name	Peter John Morgan
Date of birth	(1959-01-01)1 January 1959
Place of birth	Broad Haven, Wales
Date of death	27 July 2024(2024-07-27) (aged 65)
Place of death	Little Haven, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	12 st 6 lb (174 lb; 79 kg)
School	Sir Thomas Picton School
Occupation(s)	coal merchant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Haverfordwest RFC () – Llanelli RFC () – Sydney Welsh () – Pembrokeshire () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1980–1981 Wales 4 (0) 1980 British Lions 0 (0)

Playing career

Morgan played rugby from a young age including selection for the Welsh Youth team. After a spell playing with Haverfordwest RFC he switched to first class team Llanelli. In 1979 Morgan was a member of the Llanelli sevens team which won the Snelling Sevens and he was awarded the Everson Award as the player of the tournament. It was as a Llanelli player he was first selected for the Wales national team in the encounter with Scotland during the 1980 Five Nations Championship. In the same year he was chosen to represent the British Lions on their 1980 tour of South Africa. Although he was not selected for any of the Test matches, he played in seven regional encounters, scoring a try in a narrow win over Griqualand West.

Morgan played in four matches for Wales, including the 1980 game against the All Blacks at Cardiff.

Later life and death

Morgan later became chairman of Pembrokeshire County Council. He died of a brain tumour in Little Haven, on 27 July 2024, at the age of 65.

External links

• Peter Morgan at ESPNscrum