Cooper Coats (born 6 October 1996) is a Canadian rugby union and sevens player, who plays for the Canada Sevens national team and Halifax Tars RFC.
| Full name | Cooper Coats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Citadel High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Acadia University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editHe began playing rugby at 16 years old at Citadel High School, he was an originally a football player but his International Baccalaureate program required another sport. He decided to give rugby a try. Within six months he was playing for Canada's under-18 side.[1][2]
He went on to feature in the Canada under-20 side before attending Acadia University on a football scholarship. He played club rugby during the summer with the Halifax Tars and Nova Scotia Keltics and in 2017 was drafted into the senior Atlantic Rock team for the Canadian Rugby Championship.[3]
Coats played for the Ontario Arrows in their spring exhibition campaign in 2018.[4][5] He led the Nova Scotia Keltics to an East Coast Super League title and then topped the Canadian Rugby Championship in scoring.[6]
He made his debut for the Canada Sevens team traveling to Cape Town for the 2018 South Africa Sevens.[7]
He made his debut for the Canada national team in a 68–12 loss against Wales where Coats scored his debut try.[8]
References
edit- ^ Palmeter, Paul (23 March 2022). "Halifax's Cooper Coats continuing to shine for Canadian rugby sevens team".
- ^ McLernon, Will (2 July 2022). "A homecoming for Nova Scotian rugby star Cooper Coats".
- ^ "Cooper Coats receives Canada call for Cape Town". Americas Rugby News. 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "Four Players with Arrows Experience Named to Canada's Commonwealth Games Squad". Toronto Arrows. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "2018 Major League Rugby – Ontario Arrows". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "2018 Canadian Rugby Championship". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "Cooper Coats". Canadian Olympic Committee. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "Tests Matchs - Match report Wales vs Canada, le 03/07/2021". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
External links
edit- Cooper Coats at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Cooper Coats at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Cooper Coats at all.rugby
- Cooper Coats at Rugby Canada
- Cooper Coats at Team Canada
- Cooper Coats at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Cooper Coats at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
