Wallabies captain

Captain Hooper limped out of Australia's defeat to Ireland in the final Test in Sydney on Saturday and is not expected to play any further part in the regular Super Rugby season.

"I know our physios are working with the Wallabies physios around the time frames and from what I understand it's minimum this stage four weeks," said Waratahs forwards coach Cron.

"We'd hope to have him back in our finals series ideally. It's very early, so they'll keep working through it."

Moore has opted to give up the captaincy immediately and will step down from Test rugby after this year's Spring Tour and will play just one more season of Super Rugby, with Queensland, despite having two years to run on his deal.

Moore, 34, is the second-most capped Wallabies player of all time and captained the team to a World Cup final in 2015.

Currently in the first of that three-year deal with the Reds and the ARU, the Wallabies skipper had set the target of playing in the 2019 tournament, likely becoming the most-capped Wallaby along the way.