TOP 5 OF 2019

DAMIEN COOK COOK was the catalyst for attacking play that brought crowds to their feet in 2019; building on a breakout season with the Rabbitohs in 2018 and refining his dummy-half play as opposition teams increasingly devised plans to shut him down. Cook reached new standards with the Rabbitohs, ran more often, improved his kicking skills and created more scoring opportunities for team-mates than any other hooker in the game. He carried these improvements through to representative level where his timing and energy were pivotal factors in the Blues’ back-to-back series successes and also to Australia’s victory over New Zealand in October. Cook dazzled from the outset with the Rabbitohs, routinely breaking games open with his judicious ruck running and after tearing the Cowboys to shreds in Magic Round, coach Wayne Bennett…

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Official Rugby League Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2019

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