Josh Cook (rugby league)
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Full name | Joshua Cook | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 21 June 1999|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Cook (born 21 June 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League.
Playing career[]
From the Sydney suburb of La Perouse, Cook represented New South Wales in the Under 16s and the New South Wales Indigenous Under 16s teams in 2015.[1]
In 2018, he played for the North Sydney Bears in the Canterbury Cup, making 2 appearances for the season. Cook then signed with South Sydney, where he would score a try in 5 appearances for the 2019 Canterbury Cup season. In 2020, he only made one appearance for the season (round 1 against the Newtown Jets) before the rest of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2021, he scored a try against the Penrith Panthers (NSW Cup) in round 1.[2] He played in 8 games until the conclusion of round 15 which marked the time the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in New South Wales.
He did not play a game for the South Sydney club in 2021 and his yet to play an NRL game, due to troubles with a shoulder injury, alongside COVID-19 restrictions. [3]
In September 2021, following the expiration of his two-year deal with South Sydney, Cook signed a two-year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Josh Cook for the next two seasons". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Panthers v Rabbitohs". New South Wales Rugby League. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Joshua Cook". South Sydney Rabbitohs. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Bulldogs sign hooker Josh Cook for the next two years". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league hookers
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- Australian rugby league biography stubs