Luke Morahan

Luke Morahan (born 13 April 1990) is an Australian rugby player currently playing for the Bristol Bears in the English Premiership since 2017. Morahan's main position is on the wing, however, he does also play fullback.

Luke Morahan

Birth name	Luke Morahan
Date of birth	13 April 1990
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School	The Southport School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 2017–present Perth Spirit Bristol Bears 5 35 (10) (115) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2013 2014–2017 Reds Force 46 34 (55) (55) Correct as of 20 July 2016 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 Australia 3 (0) Correct as of 19 November 2016 National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2008 Australia sevens
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Team competition

Career

Morahan represented the Queensland U-16, Qld Schools and Australia A Schools before entering the Premier Colts (U19) ranks in 2008. He was also one of the top try scorers in the premier competition with 10 tries. He has also represented Australia internationally in the IRB Sevens World Series circuit. He made his 7's debut in the 2008 South Africa Sevens where he was the equal top try scorer with seven tries. He notched up four tries in the Wellington leg and his impressive appearance continued when he notched a further six tries in San Diego, before joining the Reds academy. He got called up for the Reds, making his debut against the Lions in the Super 14 competition before a shoulder injury ruled him out of the season, however Wallaby coach Robbie Deans was sufficiently impressed with the youngster's performances and after a calf injury ruled out Wallaby centre, Stirling Mortlock, Morahan was called up to join the Wallabies on their 2009 Autumn Internationals.

He joined the Australian sevens team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games where his team won the silver medal. He got another call-up from the Wallabies as he was included in their squad for the 2010 Autumn Internationals. Morahan was called up to the Wallabies squad to play the British and Irish Lions following his try against the Lions with the Queensland Reds.

On 20 March 2017, Morahan left Australia to travel to England to sign for Bristol Rugby ahead of the 2017–18 season.[1] At the end of the 2017–18 season, Morahan helped his new club to win the RFU Championship title and promotion to the Premiership.[2] He also finished as the top try scorer in the league that season with 17 tries.[3]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 20 July 2016[4]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2009	Reds	2	1	1	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	Reds	6	4	2	350	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2011	Reds	12	10	2	758	6	0	0	0	30	0	0
2012	Reds	17	15	2	1247	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2013	Reds	9	6	3	536	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2014	Force	7	7	0	544	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2015	Force	15	15	0	1153	5	0	0	0	25	0	0
2016	Force	12	12	0	938	4	0	0	0	20	0	0
Total		80	70	10	5582	22	0	0	0	110	0	0

Honours

Bristol

• European Rugby Challenge Cup: 2019-20
• RFU Championship: 2017–18
• RFU Championship top try scorer: 2017–18 (17 tries)

References

1. "Bristol to sign former Wallabies utility back Luke Morahan ahead of next season". Sky Sports. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
2. "Champions! Bristol Rugby win promotion to the Aviva Premiership". Bristol Post. 7 April 2018.
3. "Championship 17/18 Leading try scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2018.
4. "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External links

• Reds profile
• Wallabies profile