Brad Morrin
Encyclopedia
Brad Morrin is an Australia
n professional rugby league
footballer for the Bulldogs
club of the National Rugby League
. His usual position is at second-row. Morrin has extended his contract with the Bulldogs until the end of the 2011 NRL season.
In Round 21 of the 2007 NRL season
, Morrin was put on report for biting the arm of Parramatta Eel player Timana Tahu
. He was suspended for 8 weeks and did not feature for the Bulldogs again in the year.
Morrin is affectionately referred to on the popular bulldogs fan forum thekennel as "the nibbler"
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer for the Bulldogs
Canterbury Bulldogs
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions...
club of the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
. His usual position is at second-row. Morrin has extended his contract with the Bulldogs until the end of the 2011 NRL season.
Controversy
In 2005, Brad Morrin was involved in an off-field incident. While in a drunken state, Morrin opened the door of a passing car and tried to hitch a lift, alarming the driver. Morrin was detained in a police cell for four hours, which is standard police practice for anyone found intoxicated in a public place.In Round 21 of the 2007 NRL season
National Rugby League season 2007
The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League...
, Morrin was put on report for biting the arm of Parramatta Eel player Timana Tahu
Timana Tahu
Timana James Aporo Tahu is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and former rugby union player, a dual-code international, currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He formerly played for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 competition...
. He was suspended for 8 weeks and did not feature for the Bulldogs again in the year.
Morrin is affectionately referred to on the popular bulldogs fan forum thekennel as "the nibbler"