Matt Cooper

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Career Stats & Summary

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 18th April, 1979
Current Age
34 years and 31 days
Place Of Birth
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

I’warra junior (Shellharbour) represented Country Origin in successive years in 2003-04. A hard-running centre, Cooper scored a club record four tries against defending premiers Penrith in 2004 before taking his place in the NSW State of Origin team. Although dropped after the Blues’ narrow 9-8 win in the first match of the series he was selected for Australia in the Tri Nations competition at year’s end. Cooper could not break into the Australian Test team in England but represented the combined Australian-NZ ‘ANZac’ team that defeated Cumbria and played in the international match against the USA Tomahawks. Following NSW’s State of origin success in 2005 Cooper continued his partnership centre club and State centre partner Mark Gasnier in four Tests of Australia’s unsuccessful Tri-Nations campaign. New Australian coach Ricky Stuart kept the combination intact in the 50-12 win over NZ in April 2006 (Cooper and Gasnier were try-scorers) but following the Dragons’ demise in the finals Cooper missed selection for Australia’s Tri-Nations campaign through injury.

- ALAN WHITICKER

Career Statistics

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International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2004-06 7 8 -   - 32 6 1 0 85.71% Match list
Overall 2004-2006 7 8 0   0 32 6 1 0 85.71% Match list


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Country 2003-04 2 1 -   - 4 1 1 0 50.00% Match list
New South Wales 2004-08, 2010 13 3 -   - 12 5 8 0 38.46% Match list
Overall 2003-2010 15 4 0   0 16 6 9 0 40.00% Match list


Club Career

Australian League Matches - By Year

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George Illawarra NRL 2000 10 2 -   - 8 4 6 0 40.00% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2001 4 2 -   - 8 2 2 0 50.00% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2002 19 7 -   - 28 6 10 3 31.58% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2003 23 11 -   - 44 10 13 0 43.48% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2004 23 17 -   - 68 13 10 0 56.52% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2005 20 13 -   - 52 12 8 0 60.00% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2006 23 15 -   - 60 13 10 0 56.52% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2007 20 11 -   - 44 7 13 0 35.00% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2008 19 9 0 / 1 0.00% - 36 7 12 0 36.84% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2009 19 3 -   - 12 12 7 0 63.16% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2010 19 12 -   - 48 14 5 0 73.68% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2011 21 14 -   - 56 13 8 0 61.90% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2012 15 6 -   - 24 7 8 0 46.67% Match list
St George Illawarra NRL 2013 7 2 -   - 8 3 4 0 42.86% Match list
Overall 2000-2013 242 124 0 / 1 0.00% 0 496 123 116 3 50.83% Match list

Australian League Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George Illawarra 2000-13 242 124 - / 1 0.00% - 496 123 116 3 50.83% Match list
Overall 2000-2013 242 124 0 / 1 0.00% 0 496 123 116 3 50.83% Match list

Australian Finals Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George Illawarra 2000-2011 15 7 -   - 28 7 8 0 46.67% Match list
Overall 2001-2011 15 7 0   0 28 7 8 0 46.67% Match list

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Last modified: Sun, 12 May 2013 18:07:59 +1000 (Sydney time)