Moore is the most combative of the Aussie pack, the one who leads the battle cry. The Aussie ball runners went AWOL - Radike Samo and Rocky Elsom were lemons, while the giant Tatafu Polata-Nau was as scary as the cookie monster. Under the circumstances, blaming any of the Wallaby backs is harsh, but Pat McCabe qualifies as being half-dimensional which is very un-Australian for an inside centre.
Ireland were magnificent in a limited way. They belted anything that moved and crushed a disgraceful Australian scrum. Let's be picky, though, and point out that having beaten up a pathetic foe, they couldn't even score a try. Come on, lads - show a bit of dazzle to match the muscle.
The atmosphere at Eden Park, via television, was truly magnificent - which shows you don't need a high-standard rugby match to be enthralled. It is difficult to recall the old ground in better spirit and voice.
The Irish are jubilant, and rightly so, but experience has limited their expectations. A sports show producer in Ireland said to me after the match: "They'll lose to Georgia now." And they're not even playing Georgia.
The Springboks were sensational against a physical Fijian team, continually moving the ball to promising attacking zones, showing relentless aggression, and unveiling hitherto unseen skills. Rassie Erasmus must have held some excellent whiteboard sessions for his battered audience at the controversial Rustenburg injury rehabilitation camp.
South African rugby is halfway around a corner. Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, the yappy Jaapie, has been ridiculed by many of us but there is always more to any man than meets the ear and we may have misjudged him. People with connections to the Springboks say de Villiers is a much-respected man manager and he is now also allowing more advanced rugby thinkers - particularly Erasmus - to thicken the plot.
Few of us can hope to understand the worlds de Villiers has had to dance between in his life. The weird press conferences may be a deliberate distraction or maybe they reveal how a man whose identity has been confused tries to belong, or even keeps the world at bay.
Apart from revealing a surprisingly expansive and exhilarating game, the Springboks were spirited and cohesive, unlike the Wallabies.
What can be read into the All Blacks' destruction of Japan? Nothing. All this "Sonny Bill Williams is a terrific wing" stuff is amusing. Japan B had already been smashed up by the time SBW arrived.
Wales were brave and well organised on defence in beating Samoa before a packed house in Hamilton, but their limited game doesn't deserve to travel far in this World Cup although that doesn't mean it won't. Samoa were disappointing though, failing to really test the Welsh tackling in a game that didn't reach the heights expected.
* Beware - security video is not secure. What has happened to Prince Mike could happen to anyone. At first, it was a good laugh, the internet-available video that revealed the English stand-in captain Mike Tindall cavorting with a woman his new wife - the royal Zara Phillips - subsequently described as an old family friend.
But once again, privacy has been invaded. The walls are forever being chipped away. Tindall knows he is a tabloid target and the public is armed with cameras these days. But all of us, even Prince Mike, deserve better than being spied on by businesses we patronise.
