Terry Moore (rugby union)

Terry Moore
Full nameTerence Anthony Patrick Moore
Date of birth(1945-04-29)29 April 1945
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Date of death17 June 2001(2001-06-17) (aged 56)
Place of deathGalway, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1967–74 Ireland 12 (4)

Terence Anthony Patrick Moore (29 April 1945 — 17 June 2001) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Cork, Moore was a Munster Senior Cup-winner with Highfield.[1]

Moore, at 6 ft 4 in and 16 stone, was a large but mobile loose forward.[2]

Between 1967 and 1974, Moore was capped 12 times for Ireland as a number eight. He had yet to earn a cap when he made the Ireland squad for the 1967 tour of Australia and debuted in the one-off Test against the Wallabies in Sydney, which they won. It wasn't until 1973 that he got another opportunity, playing in a draw against the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road. He was in the Ireland team which won the 1974 Five Nations.[3]

Moore also represented the Ireland national basketball team.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Highfield tap into spirit of '66 heroes". Irish Independent. 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Munster man expected to add mobility". Belfast Telegraph. 10 May 1967.
  3. ^ a b "Terry Moore Is In Test Side". Halifax Evening Courier. 10 May 1967.