Bob Cooper

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Robert James Cooper
Born
Wednesday, 31st August, 1955
Died
Saturday, 10th December, 2022 (Aged 67 years and 101 days)
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Former Wests RU junior and NSW Colts rep was graded by the Magpies in 1976. Cooper won a premiership with Wests U23s in 1977 before moving to the forwards. At 1.96m, he used his height and speed to good effect and was selected for NSW in the inaugural State of Origin match in 1980. Two years later Cooper was handed a 15-month suspension when sent off after a vicious brawl in the match against I’warra. Although he played Australian Rules to keep fit during the enforced break, his career lost momentum when he joined Norths on his return.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 86 14 -   - 42 47 37 2 54.65% List
NRL Finals 4 1 -   - 3 1 3 0 25.00% List
State of Origin 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches North Sydney Bears 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1980 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1980-81 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1980-1981 3 1 0   0 3 2 1 0 66.67% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1977 4 - -   - - 1 3 0 25.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1978 3 - -   - - 2 0 1 66.67% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1979 18 3 -   - 9 12 6 0 66.67% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1980 25 8 -   - 24 15 10 0 60.00% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1981 19 2 -   - 6 9 9 1 47.37% List
Western Suburbs NSWRFL 1982 12 1 -   - 3 6 6 0 50.00% List
North Sydney NSWRL 1984 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Western Suburbs 1977-82 81 14 -   - 42 45 34 2 55.56% List
North Sydney 1984 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List
Overall1977-1984 86 14 0   0 42 47 37 2 54.65% List

Your Say

  • chris kuhle
    14/03/2020

    sign on the fence at Lidcombe

    "Super dooper
    Bob Cooper"

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio