Wales star Ross Moriarty absolutely destroys former England and Lions prop
To mark his return to the Wales starting XV this week after missing out in the loss to Ireland, the British & Irish Lions shared a hilarious clip of No8 Ross Moriarty savagely burning former England and Lions prop Graham Rowntree.
The moment came during the 2017 Lions tour in which Moriarty was a player and Rowntree was a coach. During a team meeting, the Welshman had tape over his ear, which the former prop brought to attention. The back row replied "Got it drained so I wouldn't look like you" and was met with an eruption of laughter.
Rowntree is more or less the poster boy of cauliflower, as both ears seem to make up about a quarter of his bodyweight. He must get a fair bit of stick, but he surely was not expecting that from Moriarty.
Take a look:
Wales will be hoping that Moriarty plays as good as he talks today as they host Scotland in Cardiff.
Wales 23
15. Liam Williams (Scarlets – 75 caps)
14. Alex Cuthbert (Ospreys – 48 caps)
13. Owen Watkin (Ospreys – 27 caps)
12. Nick Tompkins (Saracens – 17 caps)
11. Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby – 13 caps)
10. Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints – 96 caps), captain
9. Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 30 caps)
1. Wyn Jones (Scarlets – 39 caps)
2. Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 24 caps)
3. Tomas Francis (Ospreys – 61 caps)
4. Will Rowlands (Dragons – 14 caps)
5. Adam Beard (Ospreys – 30 caps), vice-captain
6. Taine Basham (Dragons – 8 caps)
7. Jac Morgan (Ospreys – uncapped)
8. Ross Moriarty (Dragons – 50 caps)
Replacements
16. Dewi Lake (Ospreys – 1 cap)
17. Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 6 caps)
18. Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Rugby – 35 caps)
19. Seb Davies (Cardiff Rugby – 13 caps)
20. Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 35 caps)
21. Gareth Davies (Scarlets – 66 caps)
22. Callum Sheedy (Bristol Bears – 14 caps)
23. Jonathan Davies (Scarlets – 93 caps)
Scotland 23
15. Stuart Hogg - Exeter Chiefs - (Captain) - 89 caps
14. Darcy Graham - Edinburgh Rugby - 23 caps
13. Chris Harris – Gloucester Rugby - 32 caps
12. Sione Tuipulotu - Glasgow Warriors - 2 caps
11. Duhan van der Merwe - Worcester Warriors - 14 caps
10. Finn Russell – Racing 92 - (Vice-Captain) - 59 caps
9. Ali Price – Glasgow Warriors - 47 caps
1. Pierre Schoeman - Edinburgh Rugby - 5 caps
2. Stuart McInally - Edinburgh Rugby - 44 caps
3. WP Nel - Edinburgh Rugby - 44 caps
4. Jonny Gray – Exeter Chiefs – 65 caps
5. Grant Gilchrist - Edinburgh Rugby - (Vice-Captain) - 49 caps
6. Sam Skinner - Exeter Chiefs - 16 caps
7. Hamish Watson - Edinburgh Rugby - 46 caps
8. Matt Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 18 caps
Replacements
16. George Turner - Glasgow Warriors - 21 caps
17. Rory Sutherland - Worcester Warriors - 17 caps
18. Zander Fagerson - Glasgow Warriors - 43 caps
19. Magnus Bradbury - Edinburgh Rugby - 15 caps
20. Rory Darge – Glasgow Warriors - Uncapped
21. Ben White - London Irish – 1 cap
22. Blair Kinghorn - Edinburgh Rugby - 28 caps
23. Cameron Redpath - Bath Rugby – 1 cap