Richard Cooke is an Australian former rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders.
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A St Mary's junior, Cooke competed in the Jersey Flegg Cup with the Penrith Panthers and featured briefly in their first-grade side during the 1977 NSWRFL season, after which he left to join the Queanbeayan Blues.[1]
Cooke was a foundation player for the Canberra Raiders in the 1982 NSWRFL season, making 16 first-grade appearances as a prop and second-rower.[2]
After his season with the Raiders, Cooke moved to Perth and coached North Beach to a grand final, while earning Western Australian representative honours as captain.[3]
Cooke returned to Canberra in 1985 to captain-coach the Woden Valley Rams.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Queanbeyan Blues". The Canberra Times. 24 September 1978. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Oops! Raiders pledge to get catering right". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1991. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Our History". North Beach Rugby League Club.
- ^ "Ex-Raiders prop back and leading the Rams". The Canberra Times. 27 January 1985. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- Richard Cooke at Rugby League Project