Rob Cook (rugby union)

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Rob Cook
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984
Place of birth Lincoln, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
School Oakham School
University Worcester University
Club information
Position Full Back
Current club Gloucester Rugby
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
2007-2009
2009-2012
2012-		Nuneaton
Cornish Pirates
Gloucester Rugby		51 (140)
104 (1,029)
79 (180)
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 22 March 2014.

Rob Cook (born 7 July 1984 in Lincoln) is an English professional rugby union player who plays for Premiership side Gloucester as a fullback.[1]

Early life

Rob Cook was born on 7 July 1984 in Lincoln, England.[1] He attended Oakham School for two years in their 6th Form.[2] In this time, he captained the rugby, cricket and football 1st Teams. He won the Daily Mail Cup at Twickenham in 2002, scoring his first try in the process.[3] He attended Worcester University where he read Sports Studies and played for the rugby team.[4] He gained Representative Honours with England Universities, Midlands U18s and England Counties.[5]

Club career

Cook joined Nuneaton R.F.C. in 2007. He remained with them for two seasons (2007/8 and 2008/9), making 51 first team appearances at Full Back or Fly-half and scoring 140 points.[5][6] While at the Nuns he helped them to gain promotion to National Division Two when the club won the National Division Three North league title in 2008-09 as well as gaining selection for the England Counties XV due to his good form.[7][8][9]

On 7 May 2009, Cook signed for RFU Championship side Cornish Pirates.[10] Initially on the wing, he quickly moved to fly-half, before switching to full back where he remained for the rest of his Pirates tenure.[4] He was a prolific points scorer. In each of his three seasons with the Club (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12), he was their highest scoring player, accumulating over 1,000 points.[11] In 2011/12 he was named in the Championship "Dream Team" as he racked up a thousand points for the Pirates and over one hundred first team appearances.[12]

Initially linked with a move to Sale Sharks,[13] he signed a contract extension with Pirates.[14] He rescinded this deal to play in the Premiership[11] joining Gloucester Rugby in July 2012.[12] On 18 October 2013, Cook signed a two-year contract extension to stay with Gloucester until the end of the 2015-16 season.[15]

He has been known for his unusual stance before attempting a conversion or penalty.[4]

Honours

Nuneaton

Cornish Pirates

County/Representative

References

  1. 1 2 "Gloucester Player Biog". Gloucester Rugby. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gloucester Rugby: Rob Cook's confidence grows ahead of Harlequins test". This is Gloucestershire. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "OO Rob Cook- debut for Gloucester Rugby". Oakham School. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Rob Cook - Full Back / Fly Half". Cornish Pirates. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Nuneaton Current Squad". Nuneaton R.F.C. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rob Cook Record by competition". Rugby Statbunker. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "National League Three North 2008-09". englandrugby.com. 16 May 2009.
  8. ↑ "Nuns look to celebrate title glory in style". Coventry Telegraph. 24 April 2009.
  9. 1 2 "England Counties squad". rolling-maul.com. 27 May 2007.
  10. ↑ "Two More New Faces". Cornish Pirates. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Gloucester sign Cornish Pirates full-back Rob Cook". BBC. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Rob Cook joins Gloucester Rugby from Cornish Pirates". Gloucester Rugby. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Sale rumoured to be targeting the Cornish Pirates goal kicking full back Rob Cook". 16 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Blow for Pirates as points machine Cook joins Premiership club". This is Cornwall. 12 July 1012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Cook contract extension at Gloucester". BBC Sport. 18 October 2013.

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