Scott Moore (rugby league)

Scott Moore
Personal information
Born (1988-01-23) 23 January 1988 (age 36)[1]
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Weight14 st 11 lb (94 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionHooker, Scrum-half, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–11 St Helens 73 9 0 0 36
2008(loan) → Castleford Tigers 16 1 0 0 4
2009(loan) → Huddersfield Giants 28 9 0 0 36
2012 Widnes Vikings 6 0 0 0 0
2012 Huddersfield Giants 13 1 0 0 4
2013 North Qld Cowboys 6 0 0 0 0
2014 London Broncos 27 2 0 0 8
2015 Castleford Tigers 14 1 0 0 4
2015(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 3 1 0 0 0
2016 Wakefield Trinity 15 0 0 0 0
2017 Bradford Bulls 25 3 0 0 12
2019 Rochdale Hornets 15 1 0 0 4
2019– Swinton Lions 0 0 0 0 0
Total 241 28 0 0 108
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 England 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4]
As of 8 September 2021

Scott Moore (born 23 January 1988) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Swinton Lions in the Championship.

He previously played in the Super League for St Helens, Huddersfield Giants, London Broncos, Castleford Tigers, and in the NRL for the North Queensland Cowboys.[2][3][4] Moore signed for Swinton in the Championship, after starting the season at the Rochdale Hornets for the 2019 season, following his release from prison.

Playing career

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Club career

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St Helens

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Moore was the youngest ever Super League player when he made his debut for Saints at the JJB Stadium aged only 16.

Castleford Tigers

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Moore spent 2008 on loan at Castleford.

Moore playing for Huddersfield

Huddersfield Giants

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He spent 2009 on loan at Huddersfield whilst playing hooker. In 2009, Moore was named in the Super League team of the year at Hooker.

St Helens - Return from loans

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Moore returned to St Helens for the start of the 2010 season. Moore played in the 2011 Super League Grand Final defeat against Leeds at Old Trafford.[5][6]

Widnes Vikings

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On 11 October 2011, it was announced that Moore has signed a three-year deal commencing in 2012 with English Super League side Widnes. On Friday 17 February 2012, Widnes Vikings announced they had suspended Moore, Hep Cahill and Simon Finnigan for an unspecified breach of club discipline, so missing the match against Salford City Reds on Sunday 19 February 2012.[7] On 12 April 2012, Moore was sacked by Widnes for a further breach of discipline.[8]

Huddersfield Giants

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On 17 April 2012, Scott signed for Huddersfield until the end of the season.

North Queensland Cowboys

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In early November 2012 it was announced that Moore had signed a two-year-contract with the North Queensland Cowboys.

London Broncos

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In mid January 2014, the London Broncos announced they signed Moore for the 2014 season where he was their starting hooker.[9]

Castleford Tigers

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Following the Broncos relegation from Super League he signed a deal with the Castleford from the 2015 season.

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats loan

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Moore was loaned to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2015, with Paul McShane going in the opposite direction.

Wakefield Trinity permanent

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He later signed a permanent deal for the 2016 season with Wakefield Trinity.

Bradford Bulls

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Moore signed for Bradford on a four-game trial. This turned into a year full time deal. However at the end of the season Moore was released.

Swinton Lions

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On 19 June 2019 it was reported that he had signed for Swinton in the RFL Championship in a swap deal with Kyle Shelford[10]

International career

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Moore made his test début for England in 2009, playing two games.

Personal life

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On 6 March 2018 Moore was jailed for 23 months at Bolton Crown Court for dangerous driving and assaulting three police officers.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Scott Moore Wakefield Wildcats". superleague.co.uk. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Leeds claim Grand Final glory as inspired Rob Burrow sinks St Helens". Guardian. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "St Helens 16 Leeds 32". Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Vikings suspend trio". catalansdragons.com. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Widnes allow hooker Moore exit". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "News | London Broncos Rugby League | Official Site : Broncos Sign England Hooker". www.londonbroncosrl.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Scott Moore leaves Rochdale for Swinton in swap deal". Love Rugby League. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Rugby League player Scott Moore jailed after assaulting three police officers following high-speed chase". St Helens Star. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Rugby player Scott Moore jailed after high-speed chase and assaults on police". BBC News. 6 March 2018.
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