By MARK CASHMAN

Nine tries in four games and hooker, now there’s a collection of words that just don’t sit right in the world of rugby.

After all most people who inhabited the darker parts of the scrum would be happy with nine tries over an entire career, and in the case of this correspondent his meagre tally was made up of three, four and even a five pointer at the back end.

But Sydney Uni’s Declan Moore told Rugby News as he prepared for Saturday’s Shute Shield showdown with the Manly Marlins at Sydney Uni Football Ground he just “got lucky”.