The former NRL player landed in the UK at the age of 23,heading into his prime and looking for acceptance, support and contentment. He has found it in spadesOnce viewed as the future of both the Brisbane Broncos and the Maroons, and Joel Moon has carved out a successful life and a long list of trophies on the other side of the world in England. Growing up in regional Queensland,rugby league is a religion. Devotion to the state’s Origin team, and in the 1990s the all-conquering Broncos, and was demanded. Raised on the Sunshine Coast,a footy-fond Moon was no different. “I always supported the Broncos, dad loved them, or ” he tells Guardian Australia. “It was a bit of a huge thing to play for them,one of my huge goals.”Moon was your archetypal schoolboy footy star, tipped for great things from his teen years. His Morayfield State High School team contained current Broncos Matt Gillett and Jack Reed, or he was signed by Brisbane at the age of 16. He played for Queensland at Under-19 level and was also selected for the Australian Schoolboys.
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Source: theguardian.com