Damien Cook

Damien Cook

Cook playing for the Bulldogs in 2015.
Personal information
Nickname Mr Professional[1]
Born (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991
Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 St. George Illawarra 2 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Canterbury Bulldogs 7 4 0 0 16
2016– South Sydney 34 2 7 0 22
Total 43 6 7 0 38
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Country NSW 1 0 0 0 0
As of 23 March 2017
Source: [2]

Damien Cook (born 23 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at hooker, but can also fill in at halfback. He previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Background

Born in Sutherland, New South Wales on 23 June 1991, Cook played his junior rugby league for the Helensburgh Tigers, before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

In 2010 and 2011, Cook played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[3] In 2012, he joined the Illawarra Cutters in the New South Wales Cup.[4] On 30 October 2012, he signed a 1-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2013.[5]

2013

In Round 6 of the 2013 NRL season, Cook made his NRL debut for the Dragons against the Wests Tigers.[6] On 22 September, he was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[7] On 6 November, he signed a 2-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs starting in 2014.[8]

2014

In Round 14 of the 2014 NRL season, Cook made his Bulldogs debut against the Parramatta Eels.[9]

2015

On 27 September, Cook was named on the interchange bench in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year, for a second year.[10] On 15 October, Cook signed a 2-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2016.[11][12]. Cook played a total of 37 reserve grade games for Canterbury and scored 2 tries. [13].

2016

On March 6 2016, Cook made his debut for Souths against Eastern Suburbs and scored a try in Souths 42-10 win. Cook went on to play a further 17 times for the 2016 season. Cook also featured for Norths in The NSW Cup making 2 appearances. [14] [15].

2017

On 1 May 2017, Cook was named in The NSW Country Origin representative team to play against The NSW City representative side in the last ever City vs Country game. [16]

References

  1. ↑ McDonald, Margie (25 August 2015). "Bulldog hooker Cook steps up to replace Lichaa". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Damien Cook - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. ↑ "C". NYC DATABASE. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ TIM BARROW (27 February 2012). "Vidot to headline inaugural Cutters team". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Cutters duo join Dragons for 2013". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (21 August 2015). "NRL 2013". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "2013 NSWRL.com.au VB NSW Cup Team of the Year - Announcement". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  8. ↑ "Bulldogs sign Cook on two-year deal". NRL - Zero Tackle. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (19 August 2015). "NRL 2014". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "2015 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  11. ↑ "Rabbitohs sign Damien Cook | NRL". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  12. ↑ "Rabbitohs land Cook | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  13. ↑ http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&client=1-8908-125894-404231-25109531&pID=194435863&news_task=DETAIL
  14. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/damien-cook/summary.html
  15. ↑ http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&client=1-8908-125894-404231-25109531&pID=194435863&news_task=DETAIL
  16. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/2017-country-origin-squad-announced/tabid/10874/newsid/106279/default.aspx
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