Richard Moriarty

Richard Moriarty (born 1 May 1957 at Gorseinon near Swansea) is a former international Wales rugby union player. He played on 23 occasions for his country, either as a 2nd row or back row forward scoring 2 tries and captained Wales on 8 occasions.

During his time as Welsh captain, he lost only once, in the semi-finals of the inaugural Rugby World Cup against the eventual winners, New Zealand. However, Wales managed to beat the pre-tournament favourites, Australia, to claim third place and a bronze medal; to this date, the best performance for Wales in a Rugby World Cup. He has been quoted as saying that captaining the Welsh side at the first world cup was the "icing on the cake" for his career.[1]

He has been heavily involved with Swansea RFC throughout his career. As a player, he holds the club’s all-time record for appearances at 472 in a career spanning over 20 years from 1976/77 to 1997/98 in which he also scored 32 tries. He was club captain for 3 consecutive seasons 1986/87, 1987/88 and 1988/89 and more recently he was the team manager and, since December 2006, he has been on the board of directors.

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Richard Moriarty is the elder brother of fellow Swansea and Wales rugby union and rugby league player Paul Moriarty. Richard's nephew Ross Moriarty is also a professional rugby union player.

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References
  1. "Moriarty: '87 was 'icing on cake'". 3 September 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.


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