I think it's a smart decision personally and also for the team, which at the end of the day is my priority." Australia play world champions New Zealand twice next month to open their Rugby Championship campaign but Moore is not expected to start with Tatafu Polota-Nau taking the number two shirt from him in recent tests. GOOD SEND-OFFBorn in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents who subsequently emigrated to Australia, Moore was raised in Brisbane and established his reputation at the Queensland Reds. Cheika restored him to the role the following season and it was Moore who led the team to the title in a truncated Rugby Championship and to the World Cup final. Already the second-most capped player in two decades of Super Rugby, Moore will play one more season with the Reds in 2018 after his international retirement.

Source: The Star July 27, 2017 00:59 UTC