Glenn Morrison

This article is about the rugby player. For the dance musician, see Glenn Morrison (DJ).

Glenn Morrison

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Personal information
Nickname	Silver Surfer
Born	(1976-05-28) 28 May 1976 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock, Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1996–97	Balmain Tigers	41	7	0	0	28
1998–99	North Sydney Bears	42	9	0	0	36
2000–04	North Queensland	94	32	20	0	168
2005–06	Parramatta Eels	45	15	0	0	60
2007–09	Bradford Bulls	56	23	0	0	92
2010–11	Wakefield Trinity	46	10	0	0	40
	Total	324	96	20	0	424
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–05	Country Origin	4	0	0	0	0
2011	Exiles	1	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2012–	Dewsbury Rams	?	?	?	?
As of 14 November 2011
Source: Yesterday's Hero and Rugby League Project

Glenn Adam Morrison (born 28 May 1976 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is the head coach of Dewsbury Rams. Glenn began playing junior football for the Terrigal Sharks in the Central Coast Rugby League. He is a former Australian professional rugby league player who played for the Parramatta Eels, Balmain Tigers, North Sydney Bears, and the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League before moving to England to play for the Bradford Bulls and then the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (captain) (Heritage #1274).

In 2001 Morrison was named the Cowboys' player of the year.

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Glenn Morrison in action for Bradford

In January 2007, Bradford Bulls head coach Steve McNamara appointed Morrison as vice-captain in his inaugural season at the club. That same year, Morrison made the Super League Dream Team. Morrison also won the T&A Player of the Year as well as the coaches' award, Players' Player of the Year and Supporters' Player of the Year titles in 2007

In 2008, Morrison made 733 tackles, the sixth highest in the entire competition.

After three years with the Bradford Bulls, Morrison signed with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the 2010 season. After a successful first season at Wakefield, he signed for a further season in 2011.

In June 2011, Morrison was selected as a reserve in the inaugural England vs Exiles Origin match, at Headingley. He was promoted to the interchange bench after Warrington centre Matt King dropped out for personal reasons, and played for a large part of the game. Despite missing out on the Man of the Match trophy (picked up by Castleford Tigers stand off Rangi Chase), Morrison's performance was picked out as being amongst the best on the night.

• Country: Selected for Country Origin in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Statistics

Club career

Year	Club	Apps	Pts	T	G	FG
1996	Balmain Tigers	21	16	4	-	-
1997	Balmain Tigers	20	12	3	-	-
1998	North Sydney Bears	22	12	3	-	-
1999	North Sydney Bears	20	24	6	-	-
2000	16px North Queensland Cowboys	20	4	1	-	-
2001	16px North Queensland Cowboys	23	52	13	-	-
2002	16px North Queensland Cowboys	15	60	7	16	-
2003	16px North Queensland Cowboys	22	36	7	4	-
2004	16px North Queensland Cowboys	14	16	4	-	-
2005	Parramatta Eels	22	36	9	-	-
2006	Parramatta Eels	23	24	6	-	-
2007	Bradford Bulls	24	40	10	-	-
2008	Bradford Bulls	8	8	2	–	–
2009	File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	28	7

Retirement

On 11 November 2011, Morrison announced his immediate retirement from the game, acting on advice from health professionals, due to a serious shoulder injury. He remained at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, in the capacity of assistant coach.

Head coaching role

On 5 September 2012, it was announced that he would be taking up the position of head coach for two years at the Dewsbury Rams in West Yorkshire.

During the 2014 pre-season Morrison was reported by The New Zealand Herald as being short-listed for the Kiwis coaching job.

External links

• Glenn Morrison Player Profile
• BULLS NET GLENN MORRISON
• Deacon to captain Bradford Bulls, Morrison vice-captain
• Morrison swaps Bulls for Wildcats