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Ross Moriarty to leave Gloucester for the Dragons

GLOUCESTER- SEPTEMBER 02 2016:  Ross Moriarty of Gloucester runs with the ball during the Aviva Premiership match between Gloucester and Leicester
Image: Gloucester announce that flanker Ross Moriarty will be leaving the club next summer

Ross Moriarty is leaving Gloucester next summer and is expected to join Welsh region the Dragons when he leaves Kingsholm.

Wales flanker Moriarty is understood to have lined up a deal with the Dragons, that will allow him to continue his Test career by returning to Wales.

The 23-year-old would have been left ineligible for Test selection under new Wales Rugby Union (WRU) policies had he remained in English club rugby.

A Gloucester statement said: "Forward Ross Moriarty will leave the club at the end of the season.

"A product of the Gloucester Rugby academy, Ross has developed into an international player during his time at Kingsholm but has now agreed terms elsewhere.

"Gloucester Rugby will be making no further comment on the matter."

Moriarty has won 17 caps since his 2015 Test debut, having progressed through Gloucester's academy and opting to represent Wales rather than England, for whom he turned out at Under-20s level.

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The St Helens-born back-rower toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions in the summer, but had his trip cut short by a back injury.

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