Five-eighth Frank Morse toured Australia with the New Zealand team in 1911.A rugby union player with Ponsonby, Morse switched codes with the City club.He played four matches on the 1911 tour - in three losses to NSW where the stand-off opposed pioneering champions Arthur 'Pony' Holloway, Viv Farnsworth and Bill Farnsworth, and a tryscoring effort in a 40-8 win over Hunter.