Morgan Williams
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Morgan Williams (born on April 17, 1976 in Kingston, Ontario) is a rugby union scrum half. He is one of only a handful of professional rugby players from Canada.
A Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native, Williams debuted on the world rugby scene at age 23 when he scored two tries for Canada against France during the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
The 183 cm, 84 kg Williams has played professionally with Begles-Bordeaux (1999-00 season), Stade Francais (00-02 and 06 seasons), Saracens (02-05 seasons). He has generally been third-choice scrum half with Stade Francais. During his stay , Williams had differences with coaching staff at Saracens and decided to move back to Stade Francais.
Williams has scored 8 tries and 1 drop-goal for Canada in 39 caps. He has participated in two world cups (1999 and 2003). He has also played a number of times for Canada in rugby sevens, most notably at the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens and 2002 Commonwealth Games. In 2005 against Argentina he captained Canada's fifteens the first time in his career.
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| Forwards: | Banks • Charron • Cooke • Cudmore • Douglas • Abrams • Jackson • James • Knaggs • Lawson • Reid • Snow • Thiel • Tkachuk • van Staveren • Yukes |  |
| Backs: | Barker • Cannon • Di Girolamo • Fairhurst • Fauth • Fyffe • King • Lougheed • Pritchard • Stanley • Witkowski • Ross • Smith • Williams | |
| Coach: | Clark | |
