 In McKenzie's second year in charge, McKenzie named Stephen Moore as captain for the 2014 three-test June series against France, with Michael Hooper and Adam Ashley-Cooper as vice captains.However, in his first Test as Wallabies captain, Moore picked-up a season-ending ACL knee injury as he went down awkwardly when making a tackle in the second minute and he left the field in the 5th minutes of the game in the Wallabies' 50–23 win over France at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.On 6 July 2015, Moore was named as Wallabies' captain for the upcoming World Cup under new coach Michael Cheika.