Stephen Moore (rugby union)

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore in October 2012
Full name	Stephen Thomas Moore
Nickname	Squeaks, Steve, Doc
Date of birth	(1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 (age 34)
Place of birth	Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb)
School	Brisbane Grammar School
University	University of Queensland
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Apps (points) 2016– Queensland Country 0 0
Super Rugby Years Club / team Apps (points) 2003–08 2009–16 2017– Reds Brumbies Reds 46 117 4 (10) (80) (0) Current local club Queensland University Correct as of 22 July 2016
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 2005– Australia 116 (30) Correct as of 26 November 2016

Stephen Moore (born 20 January 1983) is an Australian rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby and is the current captain of the Australia national rugby union team.

Born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, He and his family moved to Tuam, Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988, when he was five years old. His family later moved to Rockhampton, before finally settling in Brisbane.

Moore came up through the junior ranks in Queensland, playing schools rugby with Rockhampton Pioneers and Brisbane Grammar School prior to joining the University of Queensland Rugby Club from where he represented the Australian Under 19s. He made his Super 12 debut in 2003 for the Queensland Reds against the Bulls. He then went on to play for the under-21 Australian team at the 2003 and 2004 under-21 world championships, as well as with Australia A.

He was included in the 2005 Wallabies squad for the mid-year Tests. He debuted with Rocky Elsom against Samoa. He came off the bench in matches against Samoa, Italy and France. He was then capped three times against South Africa. In November he joined the Wallabies in France when fellow hooker Adam Freier sustained an injury. He played in the loss against France on 5 November. After the whirlwind of 2005 where Moore made his debut for the Wallabies and featured in every Queensland Reds Super 12 game, 2006 was a mixed bag which saw him finish the season on the reserves bench. However, his skills and strength as a ball runner brought an extra dimension to the Reds forwards and earned him selection on the Wallabies end of year tour to Europe. In November 2006, Moore travelled to Europe for the Autumn Internationals series. He was used as a replacement in the Australia v Italy game (25–18) in the Stadio Flaminio, Rome. He then played for the Australia A squad that defeated Ireland A mid-week in Thomond Park, Limerick. He then came on as a replacement in the 54th minute of the Ireland vs Australia game, in which Ireland ran out easy winners 21–6, in appalling conditions at Lansdowne Road stadium, Dublin. He made his first full International appearance for Australia the following weekend against Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, touching down a pass from Matt Giteau to score his first International try. Australia were easy victors with a scoreline of Australia 44 – Scotland 15.