Andy Moore (rugby union, born 1974)

Not to be confused with Andy Moore (rugby union, born 1968).

Andy Moore

Birth name	Andrew Paul Moore
Date of birth	(1974-01-25) 25 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
School	St Joseph's R C High School, Wrexham. Yales 6th Form Wrexham.
University	Swansea Institute of Higher Education
Notable relative(s)	Steve Moore (brother)
Children	2
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 Wrexham RFC Swansea Bridgend Cardiff Blues 138 14 20 (35) (0) (5) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–2002 Wales 26 (0)

Andrew Paul Moore is a former Wales international rugby union player. A lock forward, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC, Bridgend RFC ^[1] 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. ^[2]

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 ]} 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 ]} 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 ]}

After rugby

Moore ran a successful Property Investment Company from 2003. In 2006 he co-founded, developed and ran an award-winning Sales and Marketing Estate Agent specialising on the Overseas Property Market.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2009 he joined a Swiss Holding Company listed on the Frankfurt Open Market, holding the position of Chief Operating Officer. After a year of restructuring and raising funds for development of the business he became Group CEO in 2010.^{[ citation needed ]} In 2011 after an inspiring cancer charity climb to the top of Kilimanjaro with 15 Ex Welsh Rugby Captains and Warren Gatland, Andy decided there was not enough being done to help elite athletes with their transition out of professional sport and in to new career. So together with his former international rugby player brother Steve Moore Founded Athlete Career Transition (ACT). Athlete Career Transition (ACT) was created through a combination of the career transition experiences of ACT's Founders, Andy and his brother Steve Moore. ACT now has Sir Steve Redgrave as a shareholder and ambassador and they are the world leading private organisation in this space working with the best global athletes and businesses. In 2015 Andy and his brother Steve were listed in the GQ 100 Most Connected Men in Britain.

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. ^[3] 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

1. "Moore leaves the All Whites". BBC Sport. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
2. WalesOnline (13 July 2004). "Moore is forced to call it a day". WalesOnline. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
3. Captains Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro 2010, archived from the original on 15 December 2021, retrieved 23 August 2021