Andy Moore (rugby union, born 1974)
{{Short description|Wales international rugby union footballer}}
{{Distinguish|Andy Moore (rugby union, born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Andy Moore
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Andrew Paul Moore
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=y|1974|01|25}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Grantham, Lincolnshire, England}}
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|2.01|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|113|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = Lock
| ru_clubyears =
1993-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
| ru_proclubs = {{nowrap|Wrexham RFC}}
Swansea
Bridgend
Cardiff Blues
| ru_clubcaps =
140
14
20
| ru_clubpoints =
(35)
(0)
(5)
| ru_nationalteam = Wales
| ru_nationalyears = 1995–2002
| ru_nationalcaps = 26
| ru_nationalpoints = (0)
| ru_ntupdate =
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| ru_coachyears =
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| other =
| occupation =
| relatives = Steve Moore (brother)
| school = St Joseph's R C High School, Wrexham.
Yales 6th Form Wrexham.
| university = Swansea Institute of Higher Education
| website =
}}
Andrew Paul Moore is a former Wales international rugby union player. A lock forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC, Bridgend RFC{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2053486.stm|title=Moore leaves the All Whites|date=19 June 2002|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 January 2010}} and Cardiff Blues and was in the Wales squad for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Moore captained Wales on two occasions in 2001, winning both matches.{{Cite web|last=WalesOnline|date=2004-07-13|title=Moore is forced to call it a day|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/moore-forced-call-day-2429811|access-date=2021-08-23|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}
Playing career
Moore played football as a goalkeeper and was capped at Under 18 level at football after 3 years with Crewe Alexander FC Youth Centre of Excellence and trails at Manchester United.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} He switched to rugby and gained caps at Under 18, Youth, Under 19, Under 21, Wales A and was capped at the age of 21 for Wales against South Africa in 1995 in Johannesburg.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
Moore signed professional contracts with Swansea RFC and the WRU in 1995, winning 4 league title and 2 National Cups with Swansea. In 2002 he moved to Bridgend RFC winning the league title before moving to the Cardiff Blues in 2003 captaining the side several times. His career was cut short at the age of 30 with a neck injury while at the Cardiff Blues in 2004.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
Personal life
Moore climbed Kilimanjaro in 2010 as part of the Captains Climb in aid of the Velindre Stepping Stones appeal for lung cancer which raised over £500,000.{{Citation|title=Captains Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XletSBuezQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/7XletSBuezQ |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-08-23}}{{cbignore}} He is also raising money again for the charity on a sponsored bike ride in the US from Yosemite National Park to Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco in 2012 and Boston to New York 2014. Moore now gives back to his local community by coaching at South Gower RFC and Swansea School Boys U11's representative teams.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Wales 1999 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:English rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Grantham
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Wales rugby union captains