Ross Moriarty
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18 April 1994[1]
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| Born | Ross Moriarty 18 April 1994[1] St Helens, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Glyncollen Primary School and Morriston Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Paul Moriarty (father) Richard Moriarty (Uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross Moriarty (born 18 April 1994) is a Welsh international rugby union player, who currently plays for the Ospreys. Moriarty has represented Wales and England U20.
Moriarty 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 in Swansea, Wales. He took up rugby union at the age of ten playing for Swansea Schools and West Wales Schools. He also played his junior rugby at Gorseinon RFC
Club career
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 RFC, where he was a student.
On 27 November 2017, it was announced that Moriarty would leave Gloucester to join Welsh region Dragons in the Pro14 on a two-year WRU central contract from the 2018–19 season.[2]
On 7 April 2023, Moriarty departed the Dragons with immediate effect to join Brive.[3]
He joined Ospreys in the summer of 2025 to play for his hometown club for the 2025-2026 season.[4]
