Richard Cooke (rugby league)

Richard Cooke
Playing information
PositionProp / Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1977 Penrith Panthers 3 0 0 0 0
1982 Canberra Raiders 16 0 0 0 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0

Richard Cooke is an Australian former rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders.

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

  1. ^ "Queanbeyan Blues". The Canberra Times. 24 September 1978. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Oops! Raiders pledge to get catering right". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1991. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Our History". North Beach Rugby League Club.
  4. ^ "Ex-Raiders prop back and leading the Rams". The Canberra Times. 27 January 1985. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.