Moore and his Australian colleagues take on England, Italy, Ireland and Scotland before heading to Cardiff, where he and his colleagues in the pack could face their toughest test of all.
Wales squad members Adam Jones, Richard Hibbard, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Toby Faletau and Justin Tipuric all featured when the Wallabies were beaten by the Lions in the three-match Test series this summer, while Ian Evans and Gethin Jenkins were also on the plane to Australia.
Moore started each of those enthralling internationals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and he is convinced that he and his colleagues will be confronted with similarly physical foes in London, Rome, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cardiff next month.
“These northern hemisphere teams will use the scrum as a way to tick the scoreboard over and not just as a way to restart the game,’” said Moore, after the Wallabies blew hot and cold at scrum time against the All Blacks at the weekend.
“They use it as a way to gain ascendancy and as a way to score points. There is no doubt they will be looking to do that. But I’m confident with the boys in the group that we can go there, muscle up and get into it.
“We had a few hot scrums against New Zealand, then we had a poor scrum. If you are being critical, that really nullified any of the good ones you had so that consistency is going to be crucial.”
The Wallabies scored 33 points against the World Champions in Dunedin in their final match before their northern hemisphere tour as they showed just how dangerous they can be with any sort of platform to play off.
It was an even more impressive story in Rosario in the previous Test match when Ewen McKenzie’s men hit a half century to destroy the Pumas in the last game of the Rugby Championship.
Those facts haven’t been lost on Australia’s most-capped hooker, either, with Moore fully aware of what he and his fellow forwards will need to do to ensure the likes of Israel Folau and Quade Cooper can cut loose on this side of the equator.
”I thought our backs really functioned well against New Zealand and Argentina. They hit the line hard and gave us some momentum,” added Moore.
“For the forwards, our design this tour will be to win some quality ball and be really physical around the contact area so our backs can play their game. We know we have the guys out there to do a lot of damage.”
