Haydn Morgan

Haydn Morgan (30 July 1936 – 20 July 2018) was a Welsh international flanker who played club rugby for Abertillery. He was awarded twenty-seven caps for Wales and toured with Ronnie Dawson's 1959 and Arthur Smith's 1962 British Lions squads. Although a reliable and dynamic player with a heavy, but clean tackle, Morgan suffered at the hands of the selectors often dropped for players who never showed any international longevity.

Morgan first played with Abertillery at the age of 18 at centre, but when called up for National Service he switched to wing-forward while playing for the army.  On his return from the army he once again joined the ranks of Abertillery and came to prominence during the joint Abertillery/Ebbw Vale team that faced the touring Australians.

International matches played
Wales
  1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966
  1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
  1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
  1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966
 1959
  1966

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Category:1936 births
Category:People from Blackwood, Caerphilly
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:British and Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Category:Abertillery RFC players
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Abertillery
Category:Rugby union flankers