Matt Cook (rugby)

Matt Cook
Personal information
Full name Matthew Cook
Nickname Cookie
Born 14 November 1986 (1986-11-14) (age 25)
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Second-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–2009 Bradford Bulls 64 4 0 0 16
2008 →Castleford Tigers 3 1 0 0 4
2010–11 Hull KR 28 8 0 0 32
2012– Harlequins RL 0 0 0 0 0
Total 95 13 0 0 52
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006 England 2 0 0 0
As of September 27th, 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Matthew "Matt" Cook (born 14 November 1986 in Warrington, Cheshire) is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Harlequins RL of Super League.

He plays in the back row or in the centres.[2]

On 1 September 2009 Cook signed for Hull Kingston Rovers on a 2-year contract, starting with the 2010 season.

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International honours

Matt Cook won caps for England while at Bradford Bulls in 2006 against France (sub), and Tonga (sub).[3]

Matt Cook made his England début on the 22 October 2006 against France.

Early career

Matthew Cook represented England at all levels up to under-19s in rugby union and up to under-18s in rugby league. He represented the England Academy rugby league side where he scored two tries in the record-breaking win over Australia. As a junior he played with the Bedford Swifts and also with the Bedford Tigers rugby league club.

Bradford Bulls

Cook signed from Saracens F.C. (RU) in late 2003.

In 2005, Cook made several appearances off the bench and was expected to cement a first team spot in 2006.

In 2006 Cook started off well and even got the Man of the Match award for his display in the home game against Hull in the Challenge Cup. Unfortunately this was his last appearance for over 3 months due to a shoulder injury and Cook didn't make his comeback until the back end of the season were he finished the year with a flourish of games.

In 2007 Cook established a regular bench spot and made his first starting game against Leed Rhinos in the very controversial Millennium Magic match. Unfortunately Cook was ruled out for another 3 months due to an injury to his wrist, but like the year before he managed to come back to finish the season with another string of games off the bench.

In 2008 Cook played four games of the bench during the Easter period bofore going to the Castleford tigers on loan. His loan was short lived when he got called back after just one month and he finished the season strong at Bradford by gaining a regular bench spot and starting four consecutive games.

Castleford Tigers

Cook was on loan at Castleford Tigers for a month in the 2008 season playing only 3 games.[4]

Statistics

Club career

Year Club Apps Pts T G FG
2005 Bradford Bulls 8 - - - -
2006 Bradford Bulls 12 - - - -
2007 Bradford Bulls 15 4 1 - -
2008 Bradford Bulls 17 16 4 - -
2008 Castleford Tigers 3 4 1 - -

Representative career

Year Team Matches Tries Goals Field Goals Points
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

Super League Tries

Scores and results list Matt's try tally first.[5]
Date Venue Opponent Result Tournament Scored
4 April 2008 KC Stadium, Hull 8-24 Super League 1
11 April 2008 The Jungle Hull 12-32 Super League 1
22 June 2008 Odsal, Hull 36-22 Super League 1
17 August 2008 Odsal Hull 42-14 Super League 1
24 August 2008 Odsal Hull Kingston Rovers 42-18 Super League 1
5 April 2010 Twickenham Stoop, Harlequins 12-52 Super League 1
11 April 2010 Craven Park Warrington Wolves 36-16 Super League 1
22 August 2010 Craven Park Wigan Warriors 18-38 Super League 1
9 April 2011 Craven Park Leeds Rhinos 38-28 Super League 1
15 April 2011 Craven Park Wigan Warriors 16-28 Super League 1
22 April 2011 KC Stadium Hull 36-18 Super League 1

References

  1. ^ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. http://hullkr.co.uk/matt-cook-19. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Cook welcomed to the Jungle". engage Super League. 2008-04-09. http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=10183. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  3. ^ "International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 2008-12-31. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/international_stats.php?GBSearch=Cook&EnSearch=Cook&submit_x=7&submit_y=3&submit.x=7&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  4. ^ "Castleford switch for Bulls' Cook". BBC. 2008-04-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/castleford/7338681.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  5. ^ http://www.slstats.org/p335/Shaun+Briscoe.html

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