Wales international rugby league player
Morgan Evans Full name Morgan Luc Evans Born (1992-03-23 ) 23 March 1992 (age 32) Caerphilly Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) Position Prop
As of 18 July 2019
Morgan Luc Evans (born 23 March 1992) is a Welsh rugby league footballer who plays for the West Wales Raiders in League 1 . He began his career playing with his university rugby league team and made his début with the Wales national rugby league team , in 2014 in a charity match against the Keighley Cougars . In 2015, he played prop during Wales's successful European Cup campaign. As well as the West Wales Raiders, he has also played for the clubs Gloucestershire All Golds , South Wales Scorpions and Coventry Bears .[ 1] [ 2]
Life and career
Evans was born in Caerphilly on 23 March 1992, and studied at Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni until 2010.[ 3] [ 4] He began playing rugby after commencing a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Bath in 2011, and joined the university's team, the University of Bath Broncos, as a prop.[ 5] He toured South Africa with other British student players in 2014, before joining the South Wales Scorpions for their 2013/14 season.[ 6] Evans moved on to the Coventry Bears for the 2014/15 season,[ 7] and was called up by Wales coach John Kear in October 2014,[ 8] making his début in a charity match against the Keighley Cougars in honour of the rugby league footballer Danny Jones .[ 9]
In June 2015, Evans graduated from Bath with a first-class master's degree in mathematics;[ 10] that October, he was called up again by Wales to replace Ben Flower in the 2015 European Cup .[ 11] [ 12] Wales went on to win the cup, their first European title in five years.[ 5] Evans subsequently signed with the Gloucestershire All Golds in November,[ 13] [ 14] and took a coaching role with the University of Bath Broncos.[ 5]
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References
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^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org" . rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018 .
^ PA Sport (21 October 2015). "Wales call Morgan Evans into Euro squad" . Eurosport . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ "Morgan Evans" . South Wales Scorpions . 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .{{cite web }}
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^ a b c Fernquest, Lynn, ed. (19 November 2015). "University of Bath Broncos rugby league duo gain national caps at European Championships" . Bath Chronicle . Bath, Somerset : Local World . ISSN 1356-0069 . OCLC 225907791 . Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ Griffiths, Gareth (7 October 2014). "Wales rugby league coach John Kear announces European squad" . Wales Online . Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ McCartney, Aidan (21 October 2015). Perry, Keith (ed.). "Coventry Bears prop Morgan Evans replaces Wigan's Ben Flower in Wales squad" . Coventry Telegraph . Coventry : Trinity Mirror . Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ "Garreth Carvell withdraws from Wales squad for European Cup" . London: Sky Sports . 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ "Morgan Evans called into the Wales squad" . Wales Rugby League . 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ "Summer Graduations 2015 Ceremony 2 – 12.30pm" . Vimeo . Bath, Somerset : University of Bath . July 2015. 31:40 minutes. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015 .
^ "Wales call up Morgan Evans to replace Ben Flower for European Championship" . London: Sky Sports . 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ "Morgan Evans replaces Wigan's Ben Flower in Wales RL squad" . London: BBC Sport . 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ Eastwood, Jenny, ed. (19 November 2015). "Deacs' Week: Andy Deacon talks Gloucester v La Rochelle, Baa-Baas and Eddie Jones for England" . Gloucester Citizen . Gloucester : Local World . Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
^ Baines, Patrick (8 November 2015). "All Golds sign Welsh international Morgan Evans" . Gloucester : Gloucestershire All Golds . Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
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