| Moon playing for the New Zealand Warriors | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 20 May 1988 Caloundra, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2006–08 | Brisbane Broncos | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2009–11 | Warriors | 51 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 2012– | Salford City Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 82 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2011 | Indigenous All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: NRL Stats, RLP | ||||||
Joel Moon (born 20 May 1988 in Caloundra, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Salford City Reds of Super League. Moon is a versatile player being able to play at centre, standoff, scrum-half, second row and loose forward.
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Moon attended Morayfield State High School and played in the same team as Matt Gillett, Jack Reed and Dane Hogan.[1] and started his rugby league career at Caloundra.[2] He later was spotted by the Brisbane Broncos and moved to there 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.[3] 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.
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 the Melbourne Storm for the 2007 season but decided to stay with the Broncos, instead Melbourne moved Greg Inglis to five eighth.[4]
In NRL season 2007 Moon was selected in the centers 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.[5]
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.[6] When not selected for the first grade side, Moon turned out for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[7]
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.[8]
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 resigned for the 2011 season.
Moon was named in the Indigenous All Stars team in 2011 as a replacement for Sam Thaiday.
Moon has signed with the Salford Reds for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.[9]