| 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 29) | ||
| 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 career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015– | Collingwood | 178 (67) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 5, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Darcy Moore (born 25 January 1996) is anAustralian rules footballer who currently plays for theCollingwood Football Club. The son of former Collingwood captainPeter Moore, he played for theOakleigh Chargers in theTAC Cup before he was drafted to Collingwood in2014 under thefather–son rule. Moore has served asCollingwood captain since 2023.
Moore participated in theAuskick program atIvanhoe.[1] He played junior football at theIvanhoe Junior Football Club[2] andKew Comets, in theYarra Junior Football League.[3] In 2012, he had an injury-interrupted season, managing to play only six games.[4] Moore was co-captain of his school,Carey Baptist Grammar School in 2013.[4]
Moore captainedOakleigh Chargers in the 2014 TAC Cup season, leading them to claim a premiership.[5]
Growing up he split his time between theMelbourne suburbs ofAlphington andRichmond, after his parents separated.[6]
Moore was drafted byCollingwood with pick number 9 in the2014 AFL draft under thefather–son rule, with Collingwood matching the first round bid made by theWestern Bulldogs.[7] He received the number 30 guernsey to wear, which is the same number his fatherPeter Moore wore while playing for the club.[8] 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.[9] Moore made his AFL debut at theMelbourne Cricket Ground againstHawthorn in round 14 of the2015 season.[10] His first goal came against theWestern Bulldogs in Round 17, where he kicked five goals straight in his team's 18-point loss.[11] In Round 19 of the2016 season againstWest Coast, Moore kicked three goals in the first half and won aRising Star nomination after playing only 34 percent of the game.[12][13] At the end of the season, he was named toAFL Players Association's22 Under 22 team.[14] In the2017 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.[15] Due tohamstring injuries, Moore managed to play only seven games in the2018 season.[16] 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 asSydney.[17] FormerMelbourne captainGarry Lyon and formerNorth Melbourne captainWayne Carey praised Moore, saying he is looming as a generational type player and is the type of player who draws crowds.[16] In February 2020, Moore was selected to play forVictoria in theState of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match, following in his father's footsteps who represented Victoria in 1984.[18] Similar to club level, he wore the number 30 guernsey, like his father.[19] In February 2023, Moore was appointedCollingwood captain, like his father was before him.[20]
Moore can play either as a keydefender or as a tallforward. He has excellent closing speed, a natural leap, strongmarking ability over his head and is smart around goal.[21] 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.[4]
As the son of formerCollingwood captain and dualBrownlow MedalistPeter Moore, Moore grew up supportingCollingwood.[22]
He completedcommerce studies at theUniversity of Melbourne.[23]
Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[24]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2015 | Collingwood | 30 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 32 | 81 | 29 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2016 | Collingwood | 30 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 95 | 59 | 154 | 77 | 29 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2017 | Collingwood | 30 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 152 | 68 | 220 | 125 | 40 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 61 | 29 | 8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 159 | 93 | 252 | 79 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 14.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2020[a] | Collingwood | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 92 | 238 | 87 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 153 | 68 | 221 | 107 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 5.2 | 17.0 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2022 | Collingwood | 30 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 235 | 114 | 349 | 133 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2023# | Collingwood | 30 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 253 | 121 | 374 | 137 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.04 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 15.6 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 3 |
| 2024 | Collingwood | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 121 | 290 | 94 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Career | 173 | 67 | 39 | 1448 | 792 | 2240 | 897 | 225 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 12 | ||
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