New Wallaby captain
It was good to see no-nonsense Squeaky Moore get the captain’s badge for the test series against France. McKenzie knew that his old Reds’ leaders, Horwill and Genia, wouldn’t be in the starting team.
Moore is old school and sees things in black and white, without contours or shadings. Youngsters had better toe the line otherwise they will be admonished by the skipper and maybe even injured.
He has never captained a professional side before and maybe that’s because he’s a spiky character, but that doesn’t worry me at all: I like spiky.
Old school Stephen Moore
What I don’t like about the Squeaker is his lack of discipline in a game. Some of the crap he tries to get away with is too easy to spot and often not worth the risk if it succeeds anyway.
I hope that his captain’s badge acts as a prefect’s badge too, so he sets a good example. If he gets his act together then he should work on his good mate Scott Fardy. That bloke got away with all kinds of stuff on the end of year tour, which had me holding my breath on the lounge chair, but he is being noticed more now.
And if Moore straightens him out he should then get Rob Simmons in a small room and slap him around a bit. This fellow is the best lineout manager in the country but some of the rubbish he does is dumb and then dumber.
