Paul Moriarty (rugby)

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Paul Moriarty
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Paul Moriarty
Born (1964-07-16) 16 July 1964 (age 59)
Swansea, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionBack row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Morriston
1983–1989 Swansea 178 82 332
1986–1989 Barbarians 2 2 8
1996–2002 Swansea 122 31 155
Total 302 115 0 0 495
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–88 Wales 21 4 16
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–94 Widnes 92 18 5 0 82
1994–96
Halifax
 44 10 0 0 40
1996(loan) → South Wales 5 1 0 0 4
Total 141 29 5 0 126
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–94 Great Britain 2 2 0 0 8
1995–00 Wales 14 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2009–10 Cardiff RFC
Source: [1][2][3]

William Paul Moriarty (born 16 July 1964) is a Welsh former international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played rugby union for Swansea, and represented Wales before joining rugby league club Widnes, winning the 1989 World Club Challenge, and also representing Great Britain.[1][2][3]

Moriarty later transferred from Widnes to

Halifax Blue Sox, and represented Wales in two Rugby League World Cups. He later returned to rugby union, working in a number of different coaching roles and is employed as assistant coach at the Newcastle Falcons. His older brother, Richard, also played rugby union for Swansea and Wales. Paul's son, Ross Moriarty, is also a professional rugby union player.[4]

Background

A second row or back row forward, Moriarty played rugby union for Swansea RFC, and was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, helping Wales to third place and scoring a try in the 22–21 third place play-off victory over Australia.[citation needed]

Professional playing career

Moriarty changed

1994-95 Rugby Football League season, and was included in the Wales squad for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, he also played for South Wales
on loan.

Moriarty returned to rugby union when the code officially became professional and rejoined Swansea. A few years later following an injury crisis for the Welsh rugby league side's forward pack during the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, 36-year-old Moriarty was recalled to the side.[5]

After coach John Plumtree's departure in November 2001, Moriarty became

Welsh-Scottish League when they took over.[citation needed
]

Coaching career

The

Nigel Davies
.

He became head coach of

Guinness Premiership club Newcastle Falcons announced that they had appointed Moriarty as an assistant coach to his former Widnes teammate Alan Tait
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv (RL)". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Papua challenge for Paul". BBC News. 9 November 2000. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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