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{{short description|British Lions & England international rugby union player}}
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'''Dewi Morris''' (born {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|2|9}}) is a former rugby union footballer, who played [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|scrum half]] for England.

Morris was born in [[Crickhowell]], [[Breconshire]], Wales, and graduated from Crewe & Alsager College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/notable.php?a=4 |title=Notable Alumni in Sport |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=24 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412132928/http://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/notable.php?a=4 |archive-date=12 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He made his [[England national rugby union team|England]] debut in 1988, as a twenty-four year old, against [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]], scoring a try as part of England's victory. He was dropped in 1990 in favour of [[Richard Hill (scrum-half)|Richard Hill]], but returned to the England side in 1992 and was the [[British and Irish Lions|Lions]] scrum-half in 1993. Early on in his playing career, Dewi played for [[Winnington Park|Winnington Park Rugby Football Club]] in Cheshire.
Dewi also played for Liverpool St. Helens, winning the Lancashire Cup, before moving on to play for local rivals, Orrell.

He was England's first-choice scrum-half at the [[1995 Rugby Union World Cup|1995 World Cup]] in South Africa. He retired from international rugby after England lost to France in the tournament's third place play-off, having won 26 caps in total. However, he came out of retirement after professionalism to play for a season for [[Sale Sharks|Sale]], helping them reach the final of the [[Powergen Cup|Pilkington Cup]]. After retiring he now appears regularly as a rugby union [[pundit (politics)|pundit]]/[[Sportscaster|commentator]] on [[Sky Sports]] where he appears with former [[England national rugby union team|England]] international (and Wales schoolboy international) [[Stuart Barnes]] and former England and Lions centre [[Will Greenwood]].

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== External links ==
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=836 Sporting heroes 1], [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=837 2]
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