John Morris (rugby league)

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John Morris
Personal information
Full name John Andrew Morris
Date of birth 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29) (age 27)
Place of birth Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Nickname(s) Bomber
Club information
Position(s) Half-back
Current club Wests Tigers
Youth clubs
Years Club
Scone Thoroughbreds
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2001–2002
2003–2006
2006–
Newcastle Knights
Parramatta Eels
Wests Tigers
31 (44)
92 (95)
34 (25)
Representative teams**
2002–2003 Country Origin 2 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 06:58, 31 May 2008 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 11 September 2006.

John Morris (born 29 July 1980) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels before switching to the Wests Tigers in 2007 on a three year contract. His position of choice is at hooker or five-eighth, and was selected on the bench for Country Origin to play City Origin in 2002 and 2003.

[edit] Career highlights

  • Country Origin: 2002, 2003
  • First Grade Debut: Round 17, Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium, June 22, 2001
  • First Grade Record: 147 career NRL games, scoring 35 tries (current to end 2007 season)

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