Adrian Morley

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**Adrian Morley**
Personal information
Full name	Adrian Morley
Date of birth	10 May 1977
Place of birth	Salford, United Kingdom
Height	1.89 m
Weight	105 kg
Nickname	Moz, Mozza
Position	Second Row / Prop
Club information
Current club	Warrington Wolves
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Eccles ARL
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1994-00 2001-06 2005 (on loan) 2006-07	Leeds Sydney Bradford Warrington	149 113 (28) 6 (0) 1 (0)
Representative teams
1996-05 1996-00	Great Britain England	22
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Adrian Morley (born 10 May 1977 in Salford, UK) is a rugby league player who plays for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League competition. He plays as either a second row or prop forward.

1 Making History
2 Warrington Wolves
3 Debut
4 External links

[edit] Making History

In 2005 Adrian Morley became the first Englishmen to complete the 'Rugby league trifecta', winning Premierships in both the National Rugby League, Super League and also winning the Challenge Cup.

Morley won the Challenge Cup with Leeds Rhinos in 1999 defeating the London Broncos 52 - 16 at Wembley Stadium.

Moving to the NRL in 2001, Morley was part of the premiership winning Sydney Roosters team of 2002. The Sydney Roosters defeated the New Zealand Warriors 30 - 8 at Telstra Stadium.

In the 2003 Ashes series against Australia, Morley was sent off after just 12 seconds of the opening match for a high tackle on Robbie Kearns. This is the fastest dismissal in the history of test Rugby League.

In late 2005, although still contracted to the Roosters; Morley joined the Bradford Bulls at the backend of the season and helped them to claim the Super League championship against his old team the Leeds Rhinos.

[edit] Warrington Wolves

Morley returned to the engage Super League after signing a 4 year deal with the Warrington Wolves.

Morley and his partner Clare Richards on the birth of their son on Tuesday 20 February @ 3.15pm at Hope Hospital, Salford. Leo Joseph weighed in at an impressive 9lb3oz.

[edit] Debut

He made his Warrington Wolves Debut Vs Wigan Warriors on February 9, 2007 but lasted only 37 Minutes after an accidental clash of heads with Wigan Warriors' Eamon O'Carroll which resulted in Morley having surgery on a fractured eye socket.

5 rounds later Morley made his Home Debut and Comeback Vs Hull Kingston Rovers. But another freak clash of heads resulted in Morley leaving the field after only 16 Minutes with a displaced fracture of the left Cheekbone. Morley has had Surgery to fix the problem and is expected to return for the Millenium magic weekend in Cardiff on Sunday May 6, 2007