Ronnie Cooke
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| Full name | Ronald John Cooke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Noord-Kaap, Kimberley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Centre / Wing | ||
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| Youth Career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Leopards | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–2005 | Leopards | 26 | (70) |
| 2006–2007 | Cheetahs | 24 | (25) |
| 2006–2007 | Griquas | 14 | (15) |
| 2007–2012 | Brive | 121 | (80) |
| 2012 | Grenoble | 7 | (0) |
| 2013 | Kings | 17 | (10) |
| 2013–2015 | Eastern Province Kings | 24 | (10) |
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Correct as of 9 October 2015
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2005 | South Africa Under-21 | 3 | (0) |
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Correct as of 26 April 2014
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Ronald John Cooke (born 5 April 1984) is a South African rugby union player, who most recently played domestically for the Eastern Province Kings. His usual position is centre or wing.
He has played first class rugby since 2004 and spent the bulk of his career at French club Brive, making 121 appearances between 2007 and 2012. He started his career at the Leopards – where he also represented South Africa at Under-21 level – before moving on to Griquas and also playing Super Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2006 and 2007. He then joined Brive for five seasons and had a short loan spell at Grenoble before returning to South Africa to play for the Eastern Province Kings and in Super Rugby for the Kings.
Cooke attended Hoërskool Noord-Kaap in Kimberley, where he was selected to represent Griquas at high school level.
He started his career at the Leopards, playing for them in the Under-20 Provincial Championships in 2003 and 2004. He made his first class debut in 2004, playing off the bench in their match against the Blue Bulls in the 2004 Vodacom Cup. Despite only playing for the final eight minutes of the match, Cooke scored his first try in the same in the 36–47 defeat. He also played in their 19–32 defeat to the Border Bulldogs in their next match. He also made his debut in the First Division of the Currie Cup in the same season; he was used as a late replacement in their match against the Eastern Province Kings in the 2004 Currie Cup First Division, before starting his first class match, a 26–23 victory over the East Rand-based Falcons team in a 26–23 victory. He started one more match in the competition, against the Border Bulldogs in East London, before reverting to the Under-20 side.
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