Alex Moore (rugby union)
| Birth name | Alex Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 August 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Moore (born 19 August 1963) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He won five caps playing on the wing.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Moore was born in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. He played at Livingston RFC for three seasons, followed by three seasons at Gala RFC.[1] He played sevens too, helping Gala to lift the Jedforest trophy in 1985.[2]
After this he joined Edinburgh Academicals.[1]
Provincial career
[edit]While with Gala, he played for South of Scotland District.[3]
On moving to Edinburgh Academicals he then played for Edinburgh District.[4]
International career
[edit]Moore played for the Scotland 'B' side in 1986 and 1989.[5] He was called up at short notice to the 1990 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand and performed well in early matches.[1] His first international cap was against New Zealand at Auckland on 23 June 1990. The last of his five caps was against England at Twickenham on 16 February 1991.[6]
He played three matches for Barbarians FC.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Moore passes his rugby tests with flying colours". The Herald. 9 June 1990. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ McMurtrie, Bill (29 April 1985). "A timely Jedforest lift for triumphant Gala". The Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/19860914/308/0028 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Moore again stakes a strong claim". The Herald. 11 December 1989. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Players: Alex Moore. Scotland". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Player Archive - A. Moore". Barbarians FC. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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