Joseph Paul Tamatea 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 Bunnings NPC. He made his debut for New Zealand in 2014 and has 57 international caps.

Early life

Moody was born in Christchurch. He is affiliated to the Ngāi Tahu Māori tribe and grew up on Tuahiwi Marae.

Rugby union career

Moody started playing rugby league at a young age and aspired to play for the Kiwis over the ABs, until the high-school rugby changed that. He played rugby at Woodend rugby club at a young age and later Lincoln Rugby Club where he still plays for the Senior Rugby team between representative rugby for Canterbury and the All Blacks.

He was a member of the Crusaders Wider Training Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season and was subsequently 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' teammate Wyatt Crockett.[4] Moody 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.

Moody was a member of the Māori All Blacks in 2015.[5]

Moody was warned for a dangerous tackle in 2016[6][7] and was yellow-carded twice in the 2016–17 international season[8] including for a spear tackle.[9]

Moody played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, playing in five of their six tests during the competition. Moody started in all three of the knockout rounds for New Zealand, including their 7–19 loss to England in the semi-final.

List of international test tries

Try Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1 1 November 2014 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States of America United States of America 74–6 (Won) 2014 End-of-Year tests
2 16 June 2018 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand France 26–16 (Won) 2018 Mid-Year tests
3 25 August 2018 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Australia 40–12 (Won) 2018 Rugby Championship
4 6 October 2019 Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Namibia 71–9 (Won) 2019 Rugby World Cup
5 1 November 2019 Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Wales 40–17 (Won) 2019 Rugby World Cup

Updated: 16 December 2019 Source: [1]

Wrestling career

Moody wrestled from a young age until he was 21. He won several national titles.[10]

Statistics

Date Competition Style Age Group Weight Class Rank
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

Honours

New Zealand

References

  1. ^ a b http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1134 [bare URL]
  2. ^ "2013 Investec Super Rugby Crusaders squad announced". Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Joe Moody Crusaders Player Profile". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ^ "All Blacks squad named for Investec Rugby Championship". New Zealand Rugby Union. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Maori All Blacks team to play Fiji". allblacks.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "All Blacks prop Joe Moody escapes with a warning for dangerous tackle". 11 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Moody warned for dangerous tackle". 11 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Joe MOODY – Player statistics – international stats – It's rugby".
  9. ^ BT Sport Rugby [@btsportrugby] (5 November 2016). "Yellow card! @AllBlacks' Joe Moody is sin-binned for tip-tackle on @IrishRugby's Robbie Henshaw. #IREvNZL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Patrick McKendry (18 February 2014). "Rugby: Moody refuses to be counted out". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

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