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Darcy Moore
Moore playing for Collingwood in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Darcy Moore
Date of birth	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Australia
Original team(s)	Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 9 (F/S), 2014 national draft
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s)	Key defender
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	30
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2015–	Collingwood	173 (67)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2020	Victoria	1 (0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Collingwood captain: 2023– AFL premiership captain: 2023 2× All-Australian team: 2020, 2023 22under22 team: 2016 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016 Bob Rose Award: 2022
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darcy Moore (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club. The son of former Collingwood captain Peter Moore, he played for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup before he was drafted to Collingwood in 2014 under the father–son rule. Moore has served as Collingwood captain since 2023.

Early life and state football

Moore participated in the Auskick program at Ivanhoe. He played junior football at the Ivanhoe Junior Football Club and Kew Comets, in the Yarra Junior Football League. In 2012, he had an injury-interrupted season, managing to play only six games. Moore was co-captain of his school, Carey Baptist Grammar School in 2013.

Moore captained Oakleigh Chargers in the 2014 TAC Cup season, leading them to claim a premiership.

Growing up he split his time between the Melbourne suburbs of Alphington and Richmond, after his parents separated.

AFL career

Moore was drafted by Collingwood with pick number 9 in the 2014 AFL draft under the father–son rule, with Collingwood matching the first round bid made by the Western Bulldogs. He received the number 30 guernsey to wear, which is the same number his father Peter Moore wore while playing for the club. In May 2015, before making a senior appearance, Moore signed a two-year contract extension on top of the standard two-year contract presented to draftees, keeping him at the club until the end of 2018. Moore made his AFL debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Hawthorn in round 14 of the 2015 season. His first goal came against the Western Bulldogs in Round 17, where he kicked five goals straight in his team's 18-point loss. In Round 19 of the 2016 season against West Coast, Moore kicked three goals in the first half and won a Rising Star nomination after playing only 34 percent of the game. At the end of the season, he was named to AFL Players Association's 22 Under 22 team. In the 2017 season, Moore kicked 25 goals in his first 20 games of the season, leading to him being named in the initial 2017 22 Under 22 40-player squad. Due to hamstring injuries, Moore managed to play only seven games in the 2018 season. At the end of the season, he signed a two-year contract extension, after a long negotiation and amidst speculation he would join another club, such as Sydney. Former Melbourne captain Garry Lyon and former North Melbourne captain Wayne Carey praised Moore, saying he is looming as a generational type player and is the type of player who draws crowds. In February 2020, Moore was selected to play for Victoria in the State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match, following in his father's footsteps who represented Victoria in 1984. Similar to club level, he wore the number 30 guernsey, like his father. In February 2023, Moore was appointed Collingwood captain, like his father was before him.

Playing style

Moore can play either as a key defender or as a tall forward. He has excellent closing speed, a natural leap, strong marking ability over his head and is smart around goal. As a forward he kicks goals, takes big marks and is a hard match-up, while as a defender he is able to shut-out players.

Personal life

As the son of former Collingwood captain and dual Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore, Moore grew up supporting Collingwood.

He completed commerce studies at the University of Melbourne.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

Notes

1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

• AFL premiership captain (Collingwood): 2023
• AFL minor premiership (Collingwood): 2023

Individual

• 2× All-Australian team: 2020, 2023
• Bob Rose Award (Collingwood Player of the Finals): 2022
• Victorian Representative Honours in Bushfire Relief Match: 2020
• 22under22 team: 2016
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016 (round 19)

References

1. AFL Record. Round 1, 2022. pg 65
2. "Best & Fairest". Ivanhoe Junior Football Club. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "Representative Teams - Kew Junior Football Club". Kew Comets. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
4. ^ Quayle, Emma (3 October 2014). "Who is Darcy Moore?". The Age.
5. Hustwaite, Megan (3 August 2016). "Former Oakleigh Chargers captain Darcy Moore wins AFL Rising Star nomination after impressive display for Collingwood". Herald Sun.
6. Salemme, Nadia (18 February 2024). "It's a bit of a cliché but I'm just trying to be myself: Darcy Moore on Collingwood, fashion and THAT haircut". Herald Sun.
7. Quayle, Emma (6 October 2014). "Darcy Moore joins Collingwood, as 12 draftees find AFL homes". The Age.
8. "Darcy Moore given No.30 worn by father Peter Moore as Collingwood hands out 2015 jumper numbers". Herald Sun. 8 November 2014.
9. Twomey, Callum (14 May 2015). "Collingwood extends contracts of young trio". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
10. Cherny, Daniel (2 July 2015). "Collingwood father-son pick Darcy Moore to debut, Rioli back for Hawthorn". The Age.
11. Quayle, Emma (27 July 2015). "Darcy Moore's five-goal game gives Collingwood something to smile about". The Age.
12. "Collingwood's Darcy Moore is AFL's rising star for round 19". The Age. 1 August 2016.
13. Guthrie, Ben (1 August 2016). "Less is Moore for Magpies' latest Rising Star". Australian Football League. BigPond.
14. Waterworth, Ben (13 September 2016). "22under22 team revealed: Marcus Bontempelli named captain, Caleb Daniel misses out". Fox Sports.
15. Mason, Luke (23 August 2017). "Moore named in 22Under22". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
16. ^ Gabelich, Josh (4 May 2019). "Why Melbourne great Garry Lyon thinks Collingwood star Darcy Moore is 'looming as a generational type player'". Fox Sports.
17. Niall, Jake; Colangelo, Anthony (5 October 2018). "Darcy Moore agrees to new two-year deal with Collingwood". The Age.
18. McClure, Sam; Cherny, Daniel (17 February 2020). "Darcy Moore, Stefan Martin set to feature in Big V squad". The Age.
19. "State of Origin numbers revealed". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 25 February 2020.
20. "History beckons Darcy Moore". Collingwood. Telstra. 1 February 2023.
21. "Welcome to Collingwood: Darcy Moore". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
22. Gleeson, Michael (12 February 2016). "Darcy Moore a Magpie growing up". The Age.
23. Niall, Jake (20 September 2019). "The world of Darcy Moore". The Age.
24. "Darcy Moore statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

External links

• Darcy Moore's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Darcy Moore's playing statistics from AFL Tables

• Living people
• 1996 births
• Collingwood Football Club players
• Oakleigh Chargers players
• Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
• People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School
• All-Australians (AFL)
• University of Melbourne alumni
• VFL/AFL premiership players
• People from Alphington, Victoria
• People from Richmond, Victoria