Thursday, September 24, 2009
Quade Cooper brilliant individual try in Queensland final
Cooper, playing for Souths, went down 22-16 to Brothers, who picked up their first premiership win in 22 years.
It was a fitting send off for former Wallaby and Queensland Reds flanker David Croft, who has announced his retirement.
"Im just so happy, its a magnificent feeling and its a good way to go out," Croft said during the post match celebrations.
Cooper was on the losing side, but contributed to the match after Souths had done a last minute reshuffle, with him catching a 6am flight out of Wellington via Sydney to join the team.
He made his presence felt early on in the match with a stunning 65m try that saw him bring out a few of his trademark steps, show great acceleration, and then throw a superb dummy and hand off right at the end.
Note: This is the only version available right now, so no replays/commentary unfortunately.
Posted at 8:35 pm | 25 comments
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The Inside Shoulder September 24, 2009 10:14 pm
great try! particularly like the skipping that league players seem to employ a lot.
Keo.co.za September 24, 2009 10:17 pm
Quite easy to score if no one wants to tackle you.
Anyways, is it just me or does Quade Cooper look like one of those indians from Mel Gibsons Apocolypto?
Anyways, is it just me or does Quade Cooper look like one of those indians from Mel Gibsons Apocolypto?
Anonymous September 25, 2009 12:01 am
Jon, I do believe it's not just me. Around the Wallaby camp his nick name is in fact Apocolypto, look it up.
granite September 25, 2009 12:11 am
Good try. The kid's obviously got a lot of talent.
I must say that while Cooper is good at his individual runs, I don't rate him as a distributor of the ball. I always cringe when he plays No. 10.
I must say that while Cooper is good at his individual runs, I don't rate him as a distributor of the ball. I always cringe when he plays No. 10.
Anonymous September 25, 2009 12:17 am
Brothers, natural enemy of every rugby union team
heyo September 25, 2009 3:44 am
What competition is this for? Is it just a Queensland thing - and does Australia not have a domestic club competition?
Anonymous September 25, 2009 5:08 am
Heyo, Australia doesn't ahve a national domestic competition.
There are state comps, and the only two that matter are the QLD comp and the Shute Shield (Sydney comp).
The Shute shield has most of the top S14 and national players, while the QLD comp also has quite a few S14 and wallabies players.
It's only semi-proffesional though, any players who don't have S14 contracts have day jobs and don't get paid much (if anything) to play.
The standard's actually not that bad, considering, alot of good players run around in the competitions. But without full time proffesionalism, it's never gonna produce the depth that the Currie Cup and Air NZ Cup produce.
It's why Australia doesn't have the depth of NZ or SA.
There are state comps, and the only two that matter are the QLD comp and the Shute Shield (Sydney comp).
The Shute shield has most of the top S14 and national players, while the QLD comp also has quite a few S14 and wallabies players.
It's only semi-proffesional though, any players who don't have S14 contracts have day jobs and don't get paid much (if anything) to play.
The standard's actually not that bad, considering, alot of good players run around in the competitions. But without full time proffesionalism, it's never gonna produce the depth that the Currie Cup and Air NZ Cup produce.
It's why Australia doesn't have the depth of NZ or SA.
Anonymous September 25, 2009 6:07 am
looks remarkably like an Indian from Apocolypto.
Anonymous September 25, 2009 6:08 am
Quade has quite obviously been watching the West Tigers games from this years NRL season.
Straight out of the Benji Marshall text book. Though obviously not as good, but still.
Straight out of the Benji Marshall text book. Though obviously not as good, but still.
Anonymous September 25, 2009 7:27 am
Quality try. Defense seemed pretty shoddy from this angle but you can't ask an attacking player to do any more than he did. It had everything. Champagne rugby.
Stoojay September 25, 2009 9:49 am
I scored two like that the other day.
Didn't those Indian's have loin-cloths and big spears though? I remamber trying to sit down with the wife and watch it but giving up half way through as she said (and I quote): 'there's too much yuck in it to be a nice film'.
anyway.....
Didn't those Indian's have loin-cloths and big spears though? I remamber trying to sit down with the wife and watch it but giving up half way through as she said (and I quote): 'there's too much yuck in it to be a nice film'.
anyway.....
Keo.co.za September 25, 2009 10:42 am
Well Stoojay, we must look outside the box, sure they wore almost nothing and had a few bones in their noses, but in life we look past the small differences. Take note of the facial features and the hair, two very important factors.
vinniechan September 26, 2009 2:09 pm
lol??
I don't know...
that's rather embarassing for the defence...
I don't whether to laugh or cry watching the try
I don't know...
that's rather embarassing for the defence...
I don't whether to laugh or cry watching the try
Anonymous September 26, 2009 9:47 pm
stoojay pull your head out your arse and admire one of the great trys
Anonymous September 27, 2009 2:30 am
Vinniechan, yes the defence was pretty average, but you see that sometimes in broken play.
This was a counter attacking try, and the defence wasn't set. Yes, they should have scrambled better, but Cooper is an international, and he just stepped past them.
This was a counter attacking try, and the defence wasn't set. Yes, they should have scrambled better, but Cooper is an international, and he just stepped past them.
T -Tank September 28, 2009 4:19 am
His name is spelt Quaid Cooper . Not ''Quade'' Cooper .
Anonymous September 28, 2009 9:33 am
lol no its spelt Quade. Look it up matey.
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