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Birth name | Stephen Thomas Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 January 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Brisbane Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Thomas Moore AM[2] (born 20 January 1983) is an Australian former rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and has 129 caps for Australia internationally, including 24 tests as captain.
Moore is the 14th most capped player of all time, has the third most Test appearances for Australia behind George Gregan and James Slipper and is the only Australian hooker to have played 100 Tests. He is also the second most capped Australian Super Rugby player of all time, and is one of only four players in Australian Rugby history, along with Nathan Sharpe, Michael Hooper and James Slipper to have achieved 100 Test and 150 Super Rugby appearances.[3]