Morgan Escaré

Morgan Escaré is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League and France at international level.

Morgan Escaré
Personal information
Full nameMorgan Escaré
Born (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991
Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Height5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)
Weight11 st 7 lb (73 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 Catalans Dragons 91 65 1 2 264
2017–20 Wigan Warriors 77 22 49 3 189
2019(loan) → Wakefield Trinity 5 1 0 0 4
2021– Salford Red Devils 0 0 0 0 0
Total 173 88 50 5 457
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– France 11 6 6 0 36
As of 5 January 2021
Source: [2][3]

Escaré previously played for the Catalans Dragons and the Wigan Warriors in the Super League, and has spent time on loan from Wigan at Wakefield Trinity in the top flight.

Background

Escare was born in Perpignan, France.

Club career

2013

Following injury to Brent Webb, Escaré made his Super League debut against the Bradford Bulls in Round 8 of Super League XVIII. He enjoyed an eye-catching debut season, scoring 19 tries in 20 games and establishing himself as a first-choice player for the club. He ended the year with selection in the France squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

2014

Escaré continued his form in 2014, scoring 28 tries in 31 appearances to finish second to Joel Monaghan in the Super League try-scoring charts, as well as kicking one goal and one drop-goal. He was considered unlucky to miss out on the Super League Dream Team at the end of the season.[4][5]

2015

Escaré featured in Round 1 (St Helens R.F.C.) to Round 7 (Leeds Rhinos) then in Round 9 (Widnes Vikings) to Round 10 (Wigan Warriors). Escaré also played in Round 12 (Hull Kingston Rovers) to Round 19 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats). He also featured in Round 21 (Widnes Vikings) to Super Eight 7 (Hull F.C.). Escare featured in the Challenge Cup in Round 6 (Featherstone Rovers) to the Quarter Final (Hull Kingston Rovers). He scored against Castleford Tigers (3 tries), Hull Kingston Rovers (1 try), St Helens R.F.C. (2 tries), Featherstone Rovers (1 try), Wigan Warriors (1 try), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (1 try), Widnes Vikings (1 try), Huddersfield Giants (1 try) and Leeds Rhinos (1 try).

2016

Escaré missed Rounds 1–7. Morgan featured in Round 8 (Castleford Tigers). He scored against Castleford Tigers (2 tries, 1 drop goal). He made a total of 10 appearances. In October 2016 it was announced that he would be joining Wigan Warriors for the 2017 season.[6]

2017

After finding himself on the fringes of the Catalan squad Escaré secured a release from the last year of his contract to join reigning Super League champions, Wigan Warriors, on a one year deal as cover for the injured Sam Tomkins. After impressing in pre-season he made his debut against Salford Red Devils and a week later helped Wigan to claim the World Club Challenge title against reigning NRL Premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. He scored his first try for the club in Round 5 against the Huddersfield Giants before scoring two more in Round 8 against the Castleford Tigers. A week later in the traditional Good Friday Derby against St Helens he scored 9 points from the boot and went home with the Man of the Match award before announcing after the game that he had signed a new three year contract after impressing the staff at Wigan.[7] He scored his fourth try of the season against Wakefield on Easter Monday. In his thirteenth game for Wigan, away at Castleford, he suffered a season ending knee injury.[8]

2018

With the departure of Michael McIlorum in the offseason, Thomas Leulaui moved into hooker, Sam Powell moved to halfback and with Sam Tomkins as resident fullback, Escaré started the season on the bench. This meant that, when he came on in place of Leulaui, Powell would move to hooker with either Tomkins or Escaré moving to halfback. The other would then run at fullback however both players would change positions as the game progressed. This fluid style of play contributed to a more expansive game from the Wigan side and Escaré profited from that scoring a fabulous try in the first game of the season away at Salford.

He played in the 2018 Super League Grand Final victory over the Warrington Wolves at Old Trafford.[9]

2020

On 11 July 2020 it was announced that Escaré would join Salford Red Devils for the 2021 season on a 3-year deal, to replace the departure of Niall Evalds to Castleford Tigers.[10]

Career Stats
SeasonAppearanceTriesGoalsF/GPoints
20132019--76
2014322911119
20152912--48
2016105-121
2017 13 4 33 1 83
Total916512264

International career

2013

Escaré was selected in France's 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad. He featured in the 22–18 warm up defeat by the USA. Morgan featured in the group games against Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Samoa. Escaré also featured in the Quarter Final against England. He scored against Samoa (1 try).

2014

Escaré was initially selected in France's 2014 European Cup squad on 3 October but he had to withdraw four days later due to medical reasons, making him unable to deliver his career best 2014 club form to the international level.

2015

Escaré was selected in France's 2015 European Cup squad. He featured in the opening match against Ireland and then against Scotland. He also played for France in their mid-tournament test-match against England. He was a part what was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents.[11] He scored in the European Cup game against Scotland (1 try).

References
  1. "Catalans Dragons Equipe Saison 2015". Catalans Dragons site officiel. Catalans Dragons S.A.S.P. 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. Love Rugby League
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. Is Morgan Escare unlucky to miss out on Dream Team selection? - loverugbyleague.com
  5. Super League: Laurent Frayssinous unhappy at Morgan Escare's Dream Team omission
  6. Morgan Escare: Wigan Warriors bring in Catalans Dragons full-back
  7. "Morgan Escare: Wigan Warriors and France back signs contract extension". BBC Sport. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  8. "Body blow for Escare". www.wigantoday.net. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  9. "Super League Grand Final 2018: Wigan 12-4 Warrington – as it happened". Guardian. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  10. "Morgan Escare: Salford Red Devils to sign ex-Wigan Warriors full-back". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  11. "England demolish France 84-4 in record win". Skysports.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

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