Joel Moon

Joel Moon
Personal information
Born (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Weight 15 st 2 lb (96 kg)[1]
Playing information
Position centre, five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–08 Brisbane 31 10 0 0 40
2009–11 NZ Warriors 51 15 0 0 60
2012 Salford 19 11 0 0 44
2013– Leeds 98 44 0 0 176
Total 199 80 0 0 320
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 Indigenous All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Exiles 2 0 0 0 0
As of 28 March 2016
Source: NRL Stats, RLP

Joel Moon (born 20 May 1988 in Caloundra, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for Salford of Super League until his transfer to reigning champions, Leeds in November 2012. Moon is versatile; being able to play at centre, stand-off, scrum-half, second row and loose forward, although he is expected to fill the void left by former Leeds centre Keith Senior, who retired through injury.

Background

Moon attended Morayfield State High School and played in the same team as Matt Gillett, Jack Reed and Dane Hogan.[2] and started his rugby league career at Caloundra.[3] He later was spotted by the Brisbane Broncos and moved to their feeder club in the Queensland Cup, the Toowoomba Clydesdales.

In 2005 Moon played for the Australian Schoolboys team and also toured Britain with the Australian Institute of Sport.[4] In 2007 he starred for Queensland under 19s against New South Wales in the curtain-raiser to the State of Origin series opener in May.

Professional playing career

Broncos

Moon made his first grade debut for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 14, 2006 as part of the 'Baby Broncos' side that played during the State of Origin series. He joined fellow teenager David Taylor as the first Broncos that were not yet born when the club burst onto the scene in 1988.

After three games for the club, Moon then played the rest of the 2006 season with feeder team Toowoomba Clydesdales, whom he helped reach the Queensland Cup Grand Final after scoring nine tries. He attracted interest from Melbourne Storm for the 2007 season but decided to stay with the Broncos, instead Melbourne moved Greg Inglis to five eighth.[5]

In NRL season 2007 Moon was selected in the centres for the opening game of the season against the North Queensland Cowboys. Moon played eleven games for the club and scored three tries. Moon was trialled as the fifth player to play at halfback for the club in 2007, before Bennett selected Michael Ennis as the long term option.[6]

In 2008 Moon played seventeen games for the Broncos team and was good enough to attract interest from other National Rugby League sides such as the Canberra Raiders. However he signed with the New Zealand Warriors for 2009.[7] When not selected for the first grade side, Moon turned out for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[8]

Warriors

Moon decided to join fellow former Broncos Denan Kemp and Brent Tate at the New Zealand Warriors for 2009, decided to move due to the Warriors offer to give him the chance to play at his preferred position of five eighth.[9]

However, he did not perform up to the hype, and was shifted to centre, where he impressed, and managed to score 4 tries in the 32 all draw with the Penrith Panthers at CUA Stadium. He was re-signed for the 2011 season.

Moon was named in the Indigenous All Stars team in 2011 as a replacement for Sam Thaiday.

Salford

Moon signed with Salford for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.[10] In 2012 Moon was selected to be in the Exiles squad by head coach Daniel Anderson, he narrowly missed out on selection for Game 1 however he featured at centre for Game 2 and help the Exiles retain the International Origin trophy with a 32-20 win.

Leeds

Moon's signing, for an undisclosed fee, was announced on 21 November 2012. Moon made his debut for Leeds on 1 February 2013, he scored in the 2nd half and was awarded with the man of the match. Having made an excellent start to his Leeds career, forming an excellent partnership with winger Ryan Hall, which led him to sign a new contract with the club in May 2014, keeping him at Headingley until 2018 [11]

Honours

Club

References

  1. 1 2 "Joel Moon Leeds Rhinos". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=22931
  3. ↑ Arrive alive Cup Update – 19 June 2008 Arrive Alive Cup, 19 June 2008
  4. ↑ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  5. ↑ Walker can ride to Broncos' rescue League HQ, 27 July 2006
  6. ↑ Langer tells Broncos to buy new half-back ABC News, 9 May 2007
  7. ↑ "Moon rises as sun sets on top Warriors picks". Sunday News. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  8. ↑ QLD Cup preview QLD Cup Media, 14 March 2008
  9. ↑ Warriors win in the wet BigPond News, 13 February 2009
  10. ↑ Salford sign Joel Moon and Jordan James rleague.com, 10 September 2011
  11. ↑ bbc.co.uk/sport, 01 May 2014

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