Joshua Cook (born 28 April 1999) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for .

Background and Playing career

From the Sydney suburb of La Perouse, Cook represented New South Wales in the Under 16s and the New South Wales Indigenous Under 16s teams in 2015.

North Sydney Bears

In 2018, he played for the

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...

in the Canterbury Cup, making 2 appearances for the season. Cook then signed with South Sydney, where he would score a try in 5 appearances for the 2019 Canterbury Cup season. In 2020, he only made one appearance for the season (round 1 against the

Newtown Jets The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSW Cup competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season. The Jets' home ground ...

) before the rest of the season was cancelled due to the

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. In 2021, he scored a try against the Penrith Panthers (NSW Cup) in round 1. He played in 8 games until the conclusion of round 15 which marked the time the remainder of the season was cancelled due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in New South Wales. He did not play a game for the South Sydney club in 2021 and has yet to play an NRL game, due to troubles with a shoulder injury, alongside COVID-19 restrictions.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

In September 2021, following the expiration of his two-year deal with South Sydney, Cook signed a two-year deal with the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilita ...

. Cook is of

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descent. Cook is also Indigenous, part of the Bidjigal and Yuin clans. In October 2022, Cook was released from the

following a mutual decision to part ways, after failing to crack into the Bulldogs NRL team.

Ireland

He made his international debut on 16 October 2022 against .

References

External links

Ireland profile
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