Ryan McGoldrick's tattoo plan

THE wildest man in rugby league has vowed to have Old Trafford inked into his body if Castleford pull off a shock win in the Grand Final.

Tigers star Ryan McGoldrick is covered in almost 100 tattoos spread over his belly, chest, back, arms and hands.

The 28-year-old Aussie has devils, skulls, animals, a topless girl, a Harley Davidson engine and the sayings 'Life's a gamble', 'The devil made me do it' and 'Not here for a good time, here for a long time' etched into his skin.

And with Castleford just three games from clinching their first play-off place in SEVEN years, McGoldrick declared: "If we get to Old Trafford I will take my shirt off and show off my tattoos to the crowd and the TV cameras.

"And if we win I will get a commemorative tattoo. I haven't got any others connected to playing, but that would be a special enough occasion to get one done."

The cult Cas ace insists he is addicted to the buzz of going under the needle and is also planning to have his girlfriend Laura's name tattooed on his . . . bottom.

He added: "I've always resisted having girls' names before but Laura has been with me for almost a year so I'll have to see how nice she can be to me. However, if I do have her name, it will probably be on my bum. She's always on my back, so she might as well be on my backside, too!"

McGoldrick is a Harley Davidson fanatic, regularly turning up at games on one of his three bikes or his huge gas-guzzling super truck.

Then there's his on-field trouble, with three bans for fighting, head-butting and dangerous tackling. But he insisted: "I am a bit on the wild side. They say tattoos are addictive. Every time I get a tattoo I can't stop looking at it. But it's like a drug. There's a buzz that wears off and each time the buzz wears off quicker. It wasn't my intention to end up covered like this but I can't stop."

McGoldrick jokingly blames mum Kim for his addiction after she went with him for his first tattoo at 16 - to dad Steve's disgust.

"Dad was horrified," he recalled. "But mum said it was only going to be one little tattoo.I blame mum - she should have talked me out of it!

"Dad is a principal of a high school in Australia and he's not that proud of me. He keeps spare long-sleeved shirts in his car that he makes me wear when I see him!

"I know I'm different but coach Terry Matterson knows how to deal with me and knows he cannot control me too much."

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