Cooper Coats (born 6 October 1996) is a Canadian

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and sevens player, who plays for the Canada Sevens national team and Halifax Tars RFC.

Career

He began playing rugby at 16 years old at

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, he was an originally a

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but his

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program required another sport. He decided to give

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a try. Within six months he was playing for Canada's under-18 side. He went on to feature in the Canada under-20 side before attending

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on a football scholarship. He played club rugby during the summer with the Halifax Tars and

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and in 2017 was drafted into the senior

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team for the

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. Coats played for the

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in their spring exhibition campaign in 2018. He led the

to an

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title and then topped the

in scoring. He made his debut for the

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team traveling to

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for the 2018 South Africa Sevens. He made his debut for the Canada national team in a 68–12 loss against

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where Coats scored his debut try.

References

External links

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Cooper Coats
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Cooper Coats
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at itsrugby.co.uk 1996 births Living people Canadian rugby union players Canadian rugby sevens players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union fullbacks Canada international rugby union players {{Canada-rugbyunion-bio-stub