Grace Moore (rugby union)

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Grace Moore
Date of birth (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth London, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016-2019 Streatham-Croydon R.F.C. ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018-2019
2020-
Richmond
Railway Union
()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–present Ireland 1 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2020 Ireland 7s

Grace Moore (born 21 May 1996) is an Irish rugby player from London, England. She plays for Railway Union and the Ireland women's national rugby union team.

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Club career

London-born Moore's first club was Streatham-Croydon R.F.C. and she concentrated on rugby with them in 2018, her last year in university. She joined Premier 15s side Richmond Women a year later. She was a winger when she started but finished the season in their back row. She joined All-Ireland League side Railway Union in Dublin in 2020.

International career

Moore’s potential to play for Ireland was identified by Steven McGinnis through Irish Rugby Union's IQ (Irish Qualified) Programme. [1] Her talent was developed through the Ireland women's national rugby sevens programme and she made her debut in the Dubai Sevens in December 2019. [2]

With international sevens in a hiatus in due to the global pandemic in 2020 she was selected to train with Ireland women's national rugby union team in the winter of 2020.

She was one of five new Sevens players introduced to the Irish squad for the 2021 Women's Six Nations. [3]

She made her 2021 Women's Six Nations debut, as a replacement, in the third/fourth place playoff against Italy. [4]

She was selected for the Ireland women's national rugby sevens team for the 2021-2022 season. [5]

She was selected in the Ireland squad to compete at the WXV1 tournament in Canada in September 2034. [6]

Personal life

Moore played netball and volleyball to a high level before switching to rugby. She was a primary school PE teacher in England before being contracted to the Irish Rugby Union Sevens programme in 2020.She is training to be a physical trainer at Setanta College.

Honours

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References

  1. "Moore And McGinnis On IQ Rugby Pathway For Women". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. "Ireland Sevens Development Squads named for Dubai Invitational Tournament". Ulster Rugby. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. "Five uncapped Sevens players named in Ireland squad for Women's Six Nations". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. "Ireland beat Italy to secure third place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. "Parsons and Wall included in Ireland Sevens squad". 10 August 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Kelly, David (17 September 2024). "Scott Bemand names 30-player Ireland squad for upcoming WXV1 campaign in Vancouver". Independent.ie. Retrieved 30 September 2024.