Luke Morahan

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| caption = Luke Morahan

| birth_name = Luke Morahan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|4|13}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

| height = 1.88 m

| weight = {{convert|95|kg|lb stlb|abbr=on}}

| school = The Southport School

| ru_position = Wing, Fullback

| repyears1 = 2012

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Australia}}

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| repsevensyears1 = 2008

| repsevensteam1 = Australia sevens

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| years1 = 2014

| years2 = 2017–present

| clubs1 = Perth Spirit

| clubs2 = Bristol Bears

| points1 = 10

| points2 = 192

| apps1 = 5

| apps2 = 92

| super1 = {{Rut|Reds}}

| super2 = {{Rut|Force}}

| superyears1 = 2009–2013

| superyears2 = 2014–2017

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| superapps1 = 46

| superapps2 = 34

| superpoints1 = 55

| superpoints2 = 55

| super14update = 20 July 2016

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| reppoints1 = 0

| ru_ntupdate = 19 November 2016

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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.

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 & 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12571/10809109/bristol-sign-australia-back-luke-morahan-for-next-season|publisher=Sky Sports|title=Bristol to sign former Wallabies utility back Luke Morahan ahead of next season|date=20 March 2017|accessdate=25 March 2017}} At the end of the 2017–18 season, Morahan helped his new club to win the RFU Championship title and promotion to the Premiership.{{cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/champions-bristol-rugby-win-promotion-1429376|title=Champions! Bristol Rugby win promotion to the Aviva Premiership|work=Bristol Post|date=7 April 2018 }} He also finished as the top try scorer in the league that season with 17 tries.{{cite web|url=http://rugby.statbunker.com/competitions/LeadingTryScorers?comp_id=559|title=Championship 17/18 Leading try scorers |publisher=Rugby Statbunker|date=28 April 2018 }}

Super Rugby statistics

{{updated|20 July 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_17100.html |title=Player Statistics |work=its rugby |accessdate=26 July 2016}}

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; line-height:90%; font-size:95%; width:70%;"
2009	{{Rut\|Reds}}	2	1	1	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	{{Rut\|Reds}}	6	4	2	350	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2011	{{Rut\|Reds}}	12	10	2	758	6	0	0	0	30	0	0
2012	{{Rut\|Reds}}	17	15	2	1247	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2013	{{Rut\|Reds}}	9	6	3	536	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
2014	{{Rut\|Force}}	7	7	0	544	2	0	0	0	10	0	0
2015	{{Rut\|Force}}	15	15	0	1153	5	0	0	0	25	0	0
2016	{{Rut\|Force}}	12	12	0	938	4	0	0	0	20	0	0
colspan="2" \| 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

External links

[http://www.redsrugby.com.au/library/reds_players/morahan,_luke,69176.html/section/40810 Reds profile]
[http://www.rugby.com.au/wallabies/TheTeam/WallabiesProfiles/ProfilePage/tabid/1513/playerid/73/Default.aspx Wallabies profile]

Category:1990 births

Category:Australian rugby union players

Category:Australia international rugby union players

Category:Queensland Reds players

Category:Western Force players

Category:Bristol Bears players

Category:Male rugby sevens players

Category:Rugby union wings

Category:Rugby union fullbacks

Category:Living people

Category:Rugby union players from Brisbane

Category:Perth Spirit players