Joe Moody (rugby union)
Birth name | Joseph Moody | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 September 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Christ's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Lincoln University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Moody (born 18 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the ITM Cup.[1]
Rugby union career
He was a member of the Template:Rut Crusaders Wider Training Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season and he has subsequently been promoted to the senior squad for the 2013 season.[2][3] He was included in the All Blacks squad for the 2013 Rugby Championship as cover for injured Crusaders' team-mate Wyatt Crockett.[4] Moody has now been capped for the All Blacks 14 times, and was named in New Zealand's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup where he played in the knockout stages. Moody eventually supplanted Crockett as the first-choice loosehead prop in 2016 when he was named in the All Blacks again.
Affiliating to Ngāi Tahu, Moody was a member of the Māori All Blacks in 2015.[5]
Wrestling career
Moody wrestled from a young age until he was 21. He won a few national titles.[6]
Statistics
Date | Competition | Style | Age Group | Weight Class | Rank |
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25 August 2007 | World Championship | Freestyle | Juniors | 96.0 | 15 |
2 March 2007 | Oceania Championship | Freestyle | Seniors | 96.0 | 1 |
Juniors | 96.0 | 1 | |||
Greco-Roman | Juniors | 96.0 | 1 | ||
Seniors | 96.0 | 2 | |||
1 May 2006 | Oceania Championship | Greco-Roman | Seniors | 96.0 | 1 |
Juniors | 96.0 | 1 | |||
30 April 2006 | Oceania Championship | Freestyle | Juniors | 96.0 | 1 |
Seniors | 96.0 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Joe Moody Canterbury profile". Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "2013 Investec Super Rugby Crusaders squad announced". Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Joe Moody Crusaders Player Profile". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "All Blacks squad named for Investec Rugby Championship". New Zealand Rugby Union. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Maori All Blacks team to play Fiji". allblacks.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ Patrick McKendry, NZ Herald (18 February 2014). "Rugby: Moody refuses to be counted out". Retrieved 4 November 2014.
External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Super Rugby players
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union players from Christchurch
- Māori All Blacks players
- Ngāi Tahu
- People educated at Christ's College, Canterbury
- Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs