Tattoos

Every time he got a tattoo, cult rugby league forward Keith Galloway's mum would say, 'I hope that's the last one'. But the tattoos just kept coming, including one that was especially painful.

'On their grave it says two tiny rosebuds God picked to bloom in heaven'. In the latest in our Ink series, Kookaburras star Kieran Govers shares the tragic story behind his most intimate tattoo.

His career was on the brink after a third knee reconstruction. Now, the word that got Corey Gameiro through his darkest days will stay with him forever.

Martin Nguyen, Australia's little-known MMA superstar, carries a nasty scar beneath his stunning chest tattoo. It began as a pimple. It almost ended his career.

Maurice Longbottom has his sisters' names tattooed on him but not his mum's. So she blew up over an 'accident' tattoo he got after 'one too many Gatorades'.

Ben O'Donnell has a family tattoo that his brother designed. But he's also got one that a teammate did for him late night at uni in America, as part of a weird trend.

'Every time he'd see a new tattoo he'd be filthy.' Scott Higginbotham from the Queensland Reds discusses Incubus lyrics, his family and tattoo disagreements with the old man.