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Former Australian international Herbert "Paddy" Moran has been inducted to the Wallabies hall of fame, 100 years after he captained the side on their tour of the UK.

Moran is the first of three Wallabies to be inducted this year and is their pre-Second World War representative, with the two post-War inductees being named following the Tri-Nations Tests against South Africa in Sydney on 23 July and the All Blacks in Brisbane on 27 August. A flanker with the Sydney University club, Moran was chosen to lead the national team's first European assignment in 1908-09, with the trip including Test matches against Wales and England and a gold-medal winning performance at the London Olympics.

Moran had never played for Australia before the tour, made only the one Test appearance against Wales due to injury, and turned exclusively to his medical career after the Wallabies trip, bringing an end to his rugby career. However, Moran provided Australian Rugby with a significant and lasting legacy as the first captain of a European tour.

It was Moran who railed against the British press who, while the Australian team was en route to England, had taken to calling them "The Rabbits". According to the captain in a letter home, there was no way the Australians were going to wear the name of a pest that bred in plague proportions and to have that name foisted on them by the British.

On board the ship that carried them to Britain, the Wallabies discussed an alternative to "Rabbits". In Viewless Winds, one of the three books he had published, Moran wrote: "Wallabies, Kangaroos, Kookaburras and Wallaroos (had earlier been) suggested. The position demanded a conference. All were agreed that any name would be preferable to Rabbits. Wallabies won by a couple of votes."

Moran captained the Wallabies in their first eight games of the tour, and they lost just one, against Welsh club Llanelli. In the last of those eight he dislocated his left shoulder but remained on the field and continued to play with his arm strapped to his side. The injury forced him to miss the Olympic gold medal match against English county Cornwall, with the Games decider the only match the Wallabies had to play to claim the Olympic title.

When Moran returned from injury later in the tour, he had one lead in match prior to the Test against Wales. The Welsh won a tight match 9-6 and Moran was described as the best forward on the field. Further bad luck struck Moran on New Year's Eve when he slipped on ice while out walking in London and damaged his Achilles tendon

The injury forced him out of the England Test, won 9-3 by the Wallabies. Moran captained the Wallabies 16 times in all during the tour. He stayed on in the UK to further his medical studies, returned to Australia in 1910 to set up a practice, and at the outbreak of the First World War sailed to London to offer his services. He was made a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in Gallipoli. Moran died in 1945.

Moran is the 21st inductee to the Wallaby Hall of Fame and follows another forward from the 1908-09 tour, Tom Richards, in receiving the recognition. The 2010 Hall of Fame inductees were A.C. Johnnie Wallace, Trevor Allan and Andrew Slack.

Full List of Wallaby Hall of Fame Members

Herbert "Paddy" Moran (Test debut 1908)
Tom Richards (Test debut 1908)
Tom Lawton (Test debut 1920)
A.C. "Johnnie" Wallace (Test debut 1921)
Dr Alec Ross (Test debut 1925)
Cyril Towers (Test debut 1926)
Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop (Test debut 1932)
Trevor Allan (Test debut 1946)
Col Windon (Test debut 1946)
Sir Nicholas Shehadie (Test debut 1947)
Tony Miller (Test debut 1952)
John Thornett (Test debut 1955)
Des Connor (Test debut 1958)
Jon White (Test debut 1958)
Ken Catchpole (Test debut 1961)
John Hipwell (Test debut 1968)
Mark Loane (Test debut 1973)
Andrew Slack (debut 1978)
Mark Ella (Test debut 1980)
David Campese (Test debut 1982)
Nick Farr-Jones (Test debut 1984)