Marty Moore (born 1 March 1991) is an Irish former

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player who played tighthead prop for

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and

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, and won ten caps for

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. Moore was educated at

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outside Dublin. He received summer coaching from the age of 14 from Leinster's Talent Identification Programme and went on tour with them to South Africa as a 16-year-old in 2007. He played for Leinster at schools, under-18 and under-19 level, and played for Ireland at under-18, 19 & 20 level.Gerry Thornley
"From Barnhall’s mini leagues to Ireland’s frontrow Marty Moore on his rugby journey"
''The Irish Times'', 1 February 2015 He was part of the combined Leinster-Ulster team that played a combined Munster-Connacht side to inaugurate the

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in 2010. He joined the Leinster Academy, and made his senior debut in September 2012 against the

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. He signed a development contract ahead of the 2013-14 season, during which he made 28 appearances, including 16 starts, and made his first five appearances for Ireland in the

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, all as a replacement. Five more appearances from the bench followed in the

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, but he missed the 2015 World Cup through injury. He rejected a two-year contract extension with Leinster and on 25 January 2016 signed a deal with English Premiership side Wasps from the 2016–17 season. After two injury-interrupted seasons with Wasps, he signed for Ulster ahead of the 2018–19 season, hoping to be in consideration for more Ireland appearances. He made 20 appearances in his first season with Ulster, making 182 tackles with a 93% success rate, and was called up to an Ireland training squad in December 2019. He remained Ulster's leading tighthead the following season. In

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he made 23 appearances and made 162 tackles with a 92.49% success rate. In 2021–22 he split time with Tom O'Toole for the tighthead position. In the

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season he made eleven appearances, including nine starts, before his season was ended by an anterior cruciate ligament tear sustained against

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on 1 January 2023. After a year on the sidelines, he made five more appearances for Ulster before announcing his retirement on medical grounds in September 2024, having made 94 appearances for Ulster."Ulster's Marty Moore retires from pro rugby on medical advice"
RTÉ Sport, 23 September 2024

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Ulster Rugby profileUnited Rugby Championship profile
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Ireland profileLeinster Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Marty Living people 1991 births Lansdowne Football Club players Leinster Rugby players Ireland international rugby union players Rugby union props Wasps RFC players Rugby union players from Dublin (city) Ireland Wolfhounds international rugby union players Ulster Rugby players Irish rugby union players Irish expatriate rugby union players in England People educated at Castleknock College