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Newport great Rhys Morgan dies aged 67

By PA
(Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)

Newport have paid tribute to former player Rhys Morgan, who has died aged 67.

Prop Morgan played 539 games for the Black and Ambers between 1973 and 1989, standing second on the club’s all-time appearance list.

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Morgan, capped by Wales against Scotland in Cardiff in 1984, was inducted into Newport’s Hall of Fame in 2012.

A statement on the Newport website announced Morgan had died on Friday.

“We send our condolences to his friends, family and all who knew and loved him,” the club said.

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Head high tackle 5 minutes ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

No sorry but 4 of the top 5 select ONLY from their domestic comps and the 5th has 800K players so which part of the world has "Moved on"? NZR know that their domestic comp drops in quality if they open it up. However reality is that not one OS person would be a garranteed starter atm. You could consider Mounga and Frizell but they have played for the ABs in the worst NZ period for many years, so hardly a great recomendation. Thats a very clear message that changing the selection policy will do nothing but harm NZ Rugby

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Head high tackle 9 minutes ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Its you who is rediculas. That "poephol" as you called him knows exactely what it takes to represent his country with pride and with loyalty. Test rugby is not relevant when you talk "professional" as firstly not one person is "Entitled" to be selected to represent their country, secondly they are club rugby players and thats where they earn their living from. National selection is a pure priviledge, Not a right. Mounga was 100% entitled to sign and play anywhere he wants to as is every other player around the world. However, like all other aspects of life, choices come with consequences. If Dmac, BB, Sb, JB, Roigard, Ratima, Sititi etc etc etc choose to stay for less money and therefore be available for their nation thats also a choice. Lets face it if Mounga or anyone else in NZ doesnt make the ABs their worth is far less than if they do.

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Mal X 14 minutes ago
'Single handedly carried that team': Ex-All Black questions Damian McKenzie's selection in world XV

Smith didn't have a wayward boot in Dunedin. He was inexplicably subbed off in the 2nd half with a 100% strike rate and plenty of gas left in the tank. I don't like when we win like that.

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ww 24 minutes ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Ireland, France against the best team their stats is very very poor. You can’t says a player is the best in the world if he never competed against the best and win games. I haven’t seen any north hemisphere team in World Cup doing great except England in 2019 against all black but none of English players were mentioned in nominees only France DuPont or Ireland. Look at what happened with coach of the year nominee, Rassie have shown to be ahead of all coaches on earth including the world rugby commenter as a whole yet he was ignored because he is from south hemisphere and jealous. How can someone who won World Cup twice in row be ignore over someone who never win or went to final? Disgusting! This year the best team and coach is bokke won 11 out of 13 by one point but never recognised still…. Is a shame to world rugby without fairness.

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ww 28 minutes ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Problem with north hemisphere think their opinion matters to the rest of the world. DuPont is praised for nothing, those mater covered and turnover won how did they benefit their respective team? Eben showed up at competitive games while DuPont don’t show up! Even the award given is on seven because he was playing there, most of the time he was on the bench. If DuPont was playing his rugby on 15 , he was going to be named in nominee for simple reason, France seems to be owning this awards.

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SteveD 43 minutes ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Not that I'm moaning because it potentially means weaker AB teams we have to play against, but which bit of the word PROFESSIONAL didn't this poephol understand? And the next one would be SACRIFICE - just because some okes had to suffer in the past means everyone does forever after? Ridiculous.

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PR 48 minutes ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

More drivel from the failed accountant. This man is not a journalist. He's a troll and his "opinion" should be judged accordingly.

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Boks supporter 55 minutes ago
Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

Peato Mauvaka for one.

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Boks supporter 58 minutes ago
Seven Springboks make World Rugby men’s 15s dream team of the year

I can't believe that not one French player made the cut

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Hardsky 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Big argument is sacrifice - does sacrifice mean that they will somehow play harder for the All Blacks? Are you willing to question how hard PSDT or KOLBE plays for the Boks even though they play in the meaningless Japanese league? South Africa at this moment has too many players, heroes in the URC, that can’t even get into the Springbok squad.

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Icefarrow 1 hour ago
'They look like schoolboys' - NZ media go in hard on Warren Gatland and Wales

They've been down for years, and will continue to do so unless the fossils at the top are removed. HQ clearly do not give a rat's ass about the state of the game there. More concerned with living in the 40s; underpaying players, being sexist and whatnot.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Ostrich head in the sand mentality. The world has moved on. We're a sitting duck if we don't adjust. Whatever that looks like, it should be heavily restricted.

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Icefarrow 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

There was a NZ article on this a while back, about NZR and JRU exploring future partnership opportunities for 2026 and beyond. SANZAAR is looking at expanding Super Rugby again in 2026, and "Cross-Border Rugby", which only took place earlier this year, was axed for 2025 due to underwhelming figures.


Cross-Border Rugby was 4 games over two weekends between top JRLO sides and top Super Rugby sides. Those being Sungoliath, Wild Knights, Eagles, Spears, Chiefs, and Blues. Japan Rugby said they lacked numbers due to the public not being familiar with Super Rugby, and they decided to spend the time improving its profile there before committing to a new event.


Discussed possibilities included a merger between the two comps (deemed the most unlikely), or a mini championship between top sides from both leagues that would take place between Super Rugby's end and JRLO's start.

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SammyOG 1 hour ago
'Single handedly carried that team': Ex-All Black questions Damian McKenzie's selection in world XV

He's got a point. Sure, dmac had his moments but there was a reason he was benched for the last couple of games...

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BP 1 hour ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Blah Blah Blah, just proving my point, you all just a bunch of whining chokers that cant even get 15 Irish together - Embarrassing!

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Flankly 2 hours ago
Ben Youngs voices exactly what every England fan is thinking

We don't know what choices England had. Its entirely possible that their only option for a NZ game was in the first week of the international window.

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

The best argument I’ve heard against the opening of the eligibility rules in New Zealand.


Can someone explain to me why Super Rugby can’t make a deal with Japans League one? The Japanese market is huge. Make more than enough money to pay NZ start to stay put.


It just seems such an obvious solution.

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SteveD 2 hours ago
Ben Youngs voices exactly what every England fan is thinking

The very fact that an incredibly good defence coach like Felix Jones couldn't last more than seven months in the mix suggests - much like Youngs' excuses here - that it's the 'same old, same old' Posh Boy system that England, even with the relatively huge number of rugby players in the country, will never get over. The sadness is that they have - and still do, although at least Beaumont's influence is now going - had a very detrimental effect on rugby union over the years which needs to be pried from their grasp. Unhappily the bringing in of Robinson as Chairman won't help much but it's better than the status quo.

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SB 2 hours ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

Look forward to a similar analysis about how Daret wins coach of the year, or DuPont 7s player of the year with only three tournaments. I'll give you Sititi over SFM

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SteveD 2 hours ago
Scottish Rugby set for huge Duhan van der Merwe shaped boost

I'm starting to believe with the incredible depth of SA rugby SARU should discuss the possibility of not just having Saffers playing for foreign club teams, they should suggest that to bring up the game internationally instead of the Duhans having to spend three years qualifying for the international team there could also be a 'loan' type of agreement where they could play automatically for the country they were in for a specific number of years while the home players had time to improve (or something like that) but the game itself would also benefit from better matches. Just an idea, Rassie...

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