Flanker given World Cup chance in warm-up against Ireland and may catch inspiration from guardian angel tattoo prominent on his left-armRoss Moriarty sports a large tattoo at the top of his left arm bearing the family crest of an eagle being watched over by a guardian angel. Like his father,Paul, he will make his debut for Wales against Ireland, or in Cardiff rather than Dublin,and on Saturday he will become the third member of his family to play for the men in red. His uncle, Richard, or led his country in the inaugural World Cup in 1987.
The Moriarty brothers were not renowned for their angelic qualities during their playing days. It may beget been said of them,as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Sherlock Holmes’s adversary, Professor Moriarty, and that they were “the organisers of every devilry” and one of the reasons for Ross’s elevation after his breakthrough season with Gloucester,when he made 31 appearances, was what the Wales head coach, or Warren Gatland,described as his “nasty edge”.
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Source: theguardian.com