{{short description|New Zealand rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Aidan Morgan | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|6|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | height = {{convert|172|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|81|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | school = King's College | university = | relatives = | occupation = | spouse = | position = First five-eighth, Fullback, Centre | currentclub = Toyota Verblitz | allblackid = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2020–2024 | clubs1 = {{Rut|Wellington}} | apps1 = 12 | points1 = 41 | years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Hurricanes}} | apps2 = 23 | points2 = 26 | clubs3 = Ulster | years3 = 2024–2025 | apps3 = 14 | points3 = 10 | years4 = 2025- | clubs4 = Toyota Verblitz | apps4 = 8 | points4 = 5 | repyears1 = 2021 | repteam1 = New Zealand U20 | repcaps1 = 4 | reppoints1 = 0 | clubupdate = 1 August 2025 | repupdate = 5 June 2022 | ru_sevensnationalyears1 = | ru_sevensnationalteam1 = | ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = | ru_sevensupdate = }}
'''Aidan Morgan''' (born 7 June 2001)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/aidan-morgan-45377.html | title=Aidan Morgan | publisher=It's Rugby | access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> is a New Zealand rugby union player who played for Ulster in the URC. His playing position is fly-half or fullback. He was named in the Hurricanes squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.<ref name="Hurricanes 2022 squad announced">{{cite press release | url=https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-2022-squad-announced/ | title=Hurricanes 2022 squad announced | publisher=Hurricanes | date=21 November 2021 | access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/127055591/super-rugby-pacific-five-new-zealand-and-moana-pasifika-squads-revealed | title=Super Rugby Pacific: Five New Zealand and Moana Pasifika squads revealed | work=Stuff.co.nz | date=22 November 2021 | access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> He was also a member of the {{Rut|Wellington}} 2021 Bunnings NPC squad.<ref name="Lions squad announced for Bunnings NPC">{{cite press release | url=https://www.wrfu.co.nz/news/post/lions-squad-announced-for-bunnings-npc/News/detail/ | title=Lions squad announced for Bunnings NPC | publisher=Wellington Rugby | date=28 July 2021 | access-date=28 July 2021 | archive-date=28 July 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728072630/https://www.wrfu.co.nz/news/post/lions-squad-announced-for-bunnings-npc/News/detail/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2024 Morgan joined Ulster on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cjllzd9n6wxo | title=Aidan Morgan: Former New Zealand Under-20's Ulster switch confirmed | date=24 May 2024 }}</ref> He is Irish-qualified through a Belfast-born grandfather.<ref>PJ Browne, [https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/arid-41403713.html "Ulster confirm signing of Irish-qualified New Zealand-born out-half Aidan Morgan"], ''Irish Examiner'', 27 May 2024</ref> He featured extensively for Ulster in the early part of the season, but later lost the starting position to Jack Murphy, and at the end of the season he and Ulster ended his contract by mutual consent.<ref name=morgan>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c9q002wp424o "Fly-half Morgan to leave Ulster after one season"], BBC Sport, 21 May 2025</ref> He joined Toyota Verblitz ahead of the 2025-26 season.<ref>Ned Lester, [https://www.rugbypass.com/news/mark-telea-one-of-three-kiwis-recruited-by-steve-hansen-and-toyota-verblitz "Mark Tele'a one of three Kiwis recruited by Steve Hansen's Toyota Verblitz"], Rugby Pass, 1 August 2025</ref>
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