Ross Moriarty
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| Full name | Ross Moriarty | ||||||||
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| Date of birth | April 18, 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||
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Ross Moriarty (born 18 April 1994) is a Wales rugby union player who plays for Gloucester as a flanker. He is a current member of the Wales 2015 Rugby World Cup training squad having previously been capped with England at Under-18 and Under-20 level.[1] He was born in St Helens, Merseyside while his father, former Wales international Paul Moriarty, was in the north of England playing rugby league. Moriarty is also the nephew of former Wales international captain Richard Moriarty.
He was educated at Glyncollen Primary School and Morriston Comprehensive School. He took up rugby union at the age of ten playing for Swansea Schools and West Wales Schools and made his international debut with England Under-18 against France at Fylde in February 2012. He went on to score tries against Scotland and Wales in his first four appearances, and helped England to become European champions in Spain.
Moriarty made his debut for Gloucester on 10 November 2012 against the Ospreys, his age-grade team in the LV= Cup. He did not play for Gloucester regularly in his first season however, but was a regular with Hartpury, where he was a student.
He started the first two games in the 2013 under-20 Six Nations but was unavailable for the final three matches after being red carded in the match against Ireland in Athlone. He played in every match of the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship and scored three tries against the USA in a pool game.