Gareth Morton

Gareth Morton

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Personal information
Full name	Gareth Morton
Born	(1982-10-21) 21 October 1982 Perth, Scotland
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight	16 st 12 lb (107 kg)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Centre, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–02 Leeds Rhinos 2 0 0 0 0 2005–07 Hull Kingston Rovers 51 23 210 0 512 2007 Oldham 7 4 29 0 74 2008 Doncaster 5 0 11 0 22 2008 Widnes Vikings 6 1 0 0 4 Total 71 28 250 0 612 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–08 Scotland 4 0 5 0 10
Rugby union
Position	Full-back / Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002–05 Border Reivers 27 6 13 0 62 2007–08 Venezia Mestre 11 2 0 0 10 Total 38 8 13 0 72
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Gareth Morton ((1982-10-21)21 October 1982) is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer. He last played for the WA Reds in the 2009 Bundaberg Red Cup rugby league competition in Australia. He has previously played for the Leeds Rhinos, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham RLFC, Doncaster RLFC, Widnes Vikings, WA Reds and Scotland.

Background

Morton was born in Perth, Scotland.

Career

Morton switched codes to play rugby union for Scottish Borders. Morton was called up to the senior Scotland union squad for the 2004 Six Nations Championship. He was released by Hull KR on 17 September 2007. He has been named in the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He has been named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

External links

• RLWC08 profile
• Profile at leedsrugby
• Oldham R.L.F.C. profile
• Rugby stats
• Another coup as Oldham land Morton
• The Dons sign Gareth Morton