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Richard Moore (rugby league)

English rugby league footballer

Richard Moore (born 2 February 1981) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for Hunslet in Betfred League 1.^[3]^[4]

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Richard Moore

Personal information

Born

(1981-02-02) 2 February 1981 (age 43)
Keighley, West Yorkshire, England

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)^[1]

Weight

17 st 0 lb (108 kg)^[2]

Playing information

Position

Prop, Second-row

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–04	Bradford Bulls	27	0	0	0	0
2002(loan)	→ Keighley Cougars	7	0	0	0	0
2002(loan)	→ London Broncos	8	2	0	0	8
2004(loan)	→ London Broncos	7	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Leigh Centurions	17	5	0	0	20
2007–10	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	101	9	0	0	36
2011	Crusaders RL	22	1	0	0	4
2012–13	Leeds Rhinos	32	1	0	0	4
2013(loan)	→ Hunslet Hawks	7	1	0	0	4
2014	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	16	2	0	0	8
2014	Hunslet Hawks	6	3	0	0	12
2015–16	Halifax	55	2	0	0	8
2017–18	Featherstone Rovers	44	1	0	0	4
2019	Hunslet	1	0	0	0	0
	Total	350	27	0	0	108

Source: ^[3] ^[4]

As of 18 May 2018

Background

Moore was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England

Playing career

He previously played for the Bradford Bulls, London Broncos, Leigh Centurions, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Crusaders RL, Leeds Rhinos, Halifax and Featherstone Rovers.

Moore originally started his career in the Leeds Rhinos Academy but never made a first team appearance. He then played for Bradford Bulls, London Broncos and Leigh Centurions,^[5] before joining Wakefield Trinity ahead of the 2007 season.^[6] Moore missed the start of the 2009 season after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease.^[7] He left Wakefield at the end of the 2010 season to join Crusaders.^[8]

On 12 August 2011, Moore re-signed for Leeds, the club where he began his career as an academy player, but failed to make a first team appearance. He then had a second spell at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the 2014 season.

References

[1]
Leeds Rhinos profile
[2]
"Crusaders Rugby League Super League First Team". web page. Crusaders Rugby League Club. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
[3]
"Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
[4]
"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
[5]
"Moore makes switch to Centurions". BBC Sport. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
[6]
"Wildcats bring in Moore and Bibey". BBC Sport. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
[7]
Walker, Gareth (11 February 2009). "Wakefield's Moore out for long spell with Crohn's disease". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
[8]
"Rugby League: Crusaders sign prop Richard Moore". WalesOnline. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Moore (rugby league).

(archived by web.archive.org) Richard Moore Wildcats Profile
"Leigh prop Moore has ban reduced" from BBC
(archived by web.archive.org) Hunslet Hawks profile
Featherstone Rovers profile
Leeds Rhinos profile

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