A native of Matamata, Morgan began boarding at Auckland's Sacred Heart College in 1982 and was a classmate of future All Black Craig Innes. He was an Auckland under-16 and secondary schools representative player.[1]
Morgan, a specialist tighthead prop, captained NZ Colts in 1990 and toured Canada with the NZ development team that year, while also earning a place in the national trials held at Palmerston North Showgrounds. He played provincial rugby for Otago during his economics studies at the University of Otago and then competed briefly with Wellington.[1]
From 1992 to 2000, Morgan played his rugby in France with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and was a member of the club's 1996–97 European Challenge Cup-winning side, before receiving an offer from Gordon Hunter to sign for the Blues, which were after a replacement for the recently retired Olo Brown.[1][2]
Morgan featured twice for the Blues during the 2000 Super 12 season, both times off the bench.[3]