Quade Cooper News
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The British and Irish Lions beat the Queensland Reds 22-12 to maintain a 100 percent record on their rugby tour to Australia as the team builds toward a Test series against the Wallabies.
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British and Irish Lions rugby captain Sam Warburton will make his debut in two days against the Queensland Reds, the second of five games in Australia before the touring team faces the Wallabies in a Test series.
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans named James O’Connor as his preferred playmaker in a 25-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions, while leaving the selection door open for the omitted Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale.
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The Australian Rugby Union said it’s baffled by comments made by Quade Cooper in a television interview that escalated the injured fly-half’s criticism of the national team.
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Australia rugby union selectors included code-switcher Israel Folau among seven rookie players for a 30-man planning camp ahead of the Test series against the British and Irish Lions in June and July.
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Wallabies fly-half Quade Cooper signed a one-year contract extension with the Australian Rugby Union that ties him to the national team and Queensland Reds through 2012.
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Australia recalled fly-half Quade Cooper and dropped full-back Kurtley Beale for this weekend’s Rugby Championship game against New Zealand, which made one change to the team that won the tournament opener.
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Australia fly-half Quade Cooper will make his return after a near seven-month knee injury layoff in the Queensland Reds’ May 19 Super Rugby game against the Lions.
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Australia defeated New Zealand 25-20 to win its first Tri-Nations rugby union title in 10 years and send the top-ranked All Blacks into the World Cup with back-to- back losses.
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Wallabies fly-half Quade Cooper agreed to a new one-year contract with the Australian Rugby Union, rejecting offers from overseas clubs and rugby league for the chance to play at next year’s World Cup in New Zealand.
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