Quade Cooper
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Quade Cooper | |
| Date of birth | 5 April 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Weight | 14 st 9 lbs (96 kg) | |
| Nickname(s) | QC, Coops | |
| School(s) attended | Forest View High School Anglican Church Grammar School |
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| Relatives | Sean Maitland | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Fly-half | |
| Current club | Queensland Reds | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth representative teams | ||
| Australia U-19 | ||
| Super Rugby | ||
| Provincial sides | ||
| 2006 ‐ | Souths | 12 (5) |
| Super Rugby | ||
| 2007 ‐ | Queensland Reds | 11 (5) |
Quade Cooper is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition. Born 5th April 1988 in Waikato, New Zealand Quade attended Forest View High School in Tokoroa, before moving to Australia. Once in Australia, Quade was selected in the Australian Schoolboys squad in both 2005 & 2006 through playing a star role in the 1st XV squad at the Anglican Church Grammar School. Contracted to the Reds after playing for the Australian Schoolboys at five-eighth he has represented Australia at schoolboy and Under-19 level. For the past two years he has been in the high performance program working with the ARU-funded National Talent Squad, and representing Queensland and Australian Schoolboys.
Quade recently became one of three young players to break the record for most Australian schoolboy caps.
Quade's first Super 14 try came on the 3 March 2007 when he was given the role as starting five-eighth to play the Lions at Suncorp Stadium.
Quade famously got the huge bump off from Sione Lauaki.
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[edit] Super 14 2008
Quade first start of the season against the Bulls,Reds won 40-8 upset to say the least. Controlled the team and game.
[edit] Career Highlights
- Secondary College: Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
- Representative Honours: Australian Schoolboys Squad, Australian Under-19 Squad.
- Queensland Debut: Queensland Reds vs Japan at Tokyo National Stadium Tokyo, November 10 2006. His off-sider is Sam Callanan, or better known as the Quallanan. He's pretty much the Quade times 10. I want him so bad.
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