Simplify the average value of a product of matrices

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I want to compute the average of a product of random matrices:

$$\langle R^\dagger A R \rangle $$

where $R$ and $A$ are uncorrelated $3\times3$ random unitary matrices (with $\dagger$ the conjugate transpose).

After some numerical tests it seems that this simplifies to $\langle A \rangle$. Is this true in general, and is there a simple way to prove it?