Damien Cook
Hooker
Player Bio
- Height:
- 180 cm
- Date of Birth:
- 23 June 1991
- Weight:
- 88 kg
- Birthplace:
- Sydney, NSW
- Age:
- 33
- Nickname:
- Cookie
- Debut Club:
- St. George Illawarra Dragons
- Date:
- 14 April 2013
- Opposition:
- Wests Tigers
- Round:
- 6
- Previous Clubs:
- St. George Illawarra Dragons, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
- Junior Club:
- Helensburgh Tigers
- Biography:
One of the most damaging hookers in the modern game, Damien Cook has been an integral member of the Rabbitohs’ charge to Premiership 22 in recent years. With blistering speed and great service from dummy half, Cook has spearheaded the Rabbitohs attack since 2016, which has seen him represent New South Wales and Australia on multiple occasions. With no signs of slowing down at age 31, Cook has recently been re-signed until the end of the 2025 season.
Career
- Appearances
- 216
- Tries
- 35
2024 Season
- Appearances
- 23
Scoring
- Tries
- 4
- Goals
- 9
Kicking
- Forced Drop Outs
- 2
- Average Kicking Metres
- 10.8
- Goal Conversion Rate
-
Attack
- Try Assists
- 7
- Line Break Assists
- 4
Passing
- Offloads
- 11
- Receipts
- 2046
Defence
- Tackles Made
- 906
- Tackle Efficiency
-
Running Metres
- Average Running Metres
- 80
- Total Running Metres
- 1849
Fantasy
- Total Points
- 1306
- Average Points
- 56.8
2024 Season - By Round
Round | Opponent | Score | Position | Minutes Played | Tries | Goals | 1 Point Field Goals | 2 Point Field Goals | Points | Kicking Metres | Forced Drop Outs | Try Assists | Linebreaks | Tackle Breaks | Post Contact Metres | Offloads | Receipts | Tackles Made | Missed Tackles | Total Running Metres | Hit Up Running Metres | Kick Return Metres | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sea Eagles | Lost | 36 - 24 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 16 | - | 124 | 42 | 4 | 70 | 11 | - |
2 | Broncos | Lost | 28 - 18 | Hooker | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | 76 | 39 | 2 | 27 | - | - |
3 | Roosters | Lost | 48 - 6 | Interchange | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | 84 | 36 | - | 48 | 10 | - |
4 | Bulldogs | Won | 20 - 16 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 128 | 48 | 2 | 90 | 41 | - |
5 | Warriors | Lost | 4 - 34 | Hooker | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | - | 68 | 45 | 1 | 63 | 12 | - |
8 | Storm | Lost | 54 - 20 | Hooker | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | - | 60 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 12 | - |
9 | Panthers | Lost | 12 - 42 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | - | 76 | 31 | 2 | 68 | 8 | 34 |
10 | Dragons | Lost | 28 - 14 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | - | 83 | 48 | 5 | 111 | 16 | - |
11 | Cowboys | Lost | 22 - 28 | Hooker | 68 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 68 | 40 | 3 | 82 | 79 | 2 |
12 | Eels | Won | 42 - 26 | Hooker | 80 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 75 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 21 | 1 | 85 | 27 | 5 | 68 | 25 | - |
14 | Titans | Won | 12 - 46 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | - | 105 | 33 | 6 | 97 | 13 | 14 |
15 | Broncos | Won | 22 - 12 | Hooker | 80 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 29 | - | 152 | 41 | 1 | 82 | 14 | - |
16 | Sea Eagles | Won | 14 - 0 | Hooker | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | - | 8 | 19 | 1 | 121 | 44 | 2 | 101 | 54 | - |
18 | Eels | Won | 16 - 32 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 120 | 51 | 3 | 56 | 3 | - |
19 | Dolphins | Lost | 36 - 28 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | - | 94 | 45 | 3 | 46 | 5 | - |
20 | Wests Tigers | Won | 42 - 28 | Hooker | 80 | - | 7 | - | - | 14 | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | 32 | 2 | 48 | 30 | 6 | 161 | 10 | - |
21 | Raiders | Lost | 32 - 12 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 26 | - | 41 | 25 | 3 | 94 | 2 | - |
22 | Sharks | Lost | 20 - 6 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 134 | 45 | 1 | 146 | 73 | - |
23 | Storm | Lost | 16 - 28 | Hooker | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 79 | 43 | 3 | 43 | 5 | - |
24 | Wests Tigers | Lost | 18 - 16 | Hooker | 80 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 26 | 1 | 90 | 41 | 5 | 124 | 77 | - |
25 | Knights | Lost | 16 - 36 | Hooker | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 27 | - | 63 | 35 | 2 | 86 | 39 | - |
26 | Panthers | Lost | 34 - 12 | Hooker | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 44 | 2 | 33 | 17 | - |
27 | Roosters | Lost | 28 - 36 | Hooker | 80 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 17 | - | 83 | 48 | 1 | 101 | 20 | - |
Career By Season
Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | Tries | Goals | 1 Point Field Goals | 2 Point Field Goals | Points | Kicking Metres | Kicking Metres Average | Goal Conversion Rate | Forced Drop Outs | Try Assists | Offloads | Receipts | Tackles Made | Missed Tackles | Tackle Efficiency | Total Running Metres | Average Running Metres | Kick Return Metres | Total Points | Average Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dragons | 2013 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2.60 | - | - | - | - | 54 | 23 | - | 92.30% | 81 | 40.00 | - | 37 | 18.5 |
Bulldogs | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 50% | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 1 | 116 | 41 | 3 | 96.45% | 54 | 27.00 | - | 52 | 26.0 |
Bulldogs | 2015 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 80% | 4 | - | - | - | 16 | 147 | 29.32 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 436 | 248 | 16 | 93.94% | 210 | 42.00 | 1 | 317 | 63.4 |
Rabbitohs | 2016 | 17 | 7 | 10 | - | 41% | - | 7 | - | - | 14 | 625 | 36.75 | 87.50% | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1,070 | 460 | 20 | 93.43% | 623 | 36.00 | 28 | 574 | 33.8 |
Rabbitohs | 2017 | 23 | 9 | 14 | - | 39% | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | 395 | 17.18 | - | - | 3 | 24 | 1,084 | 549 | 40 | 93.21% | 1,360 | 59.00 | 71 | 772 | 33.6 |
Rabbitohs | 2018 | 25 | 15 | 10 | - | 60% | 4 | - | - | - | 16 | 390 | 15.60 | - | 2 | 8 | 23 | 2,610 | 1,059 | 57 | 94.89% | 2,617 | 104.00 | 24 | 1,562 | 62.5 |
Rabbitohs | 2019 | 26 | 17 | 9 | - | 65% | 3 | - | - | - | 12 | 828 | 31.84 | - | 8 | 18 | 21 | 2,975 | 1,173 | 53 | 95.68% | 2,052 | 78.00 | 15 | 1,580 | 60.8 |
Rabbitohs | 2020 | 23 | 14 | 9 | - | 61% | 5 | - | - | - | 20 | 239 | 10.41 | - | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2,883 | 1,092 | 40 | 96.47% | 2,172 | 94.00 | 53 | 1,523 | 66.2 |
Rabbitohs | 2021 | 24 | 19 | 5 | - | 79% | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | 135 | 5.63 | - | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2,778 | 1,049 | 46 | 95.80% | 1,608 | 67.00 | 5 | 1,436 | 59.8 |
Rabbitohs | 2022 | 23 | 13 | 10 | - | 57% | 8 | - | - | - | 32 | 93 | 4.03 | - | - | 8 | 10 | 2,651 | 1,024 | 31 | 97.06% | 1,785 | 77.00 | 21 | 1,457 | 63.4 |
Rabbitohs | 2023 | 23 | 12 | 11 | - | 52% | 3 | - | - | - | 12 | 211 | 9.16 | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2,648 | 1,014 | 54 | 94.94% | 1,557 | 67.00 | 6 | 1,293 | 56.2 |
Rabbitohs | 2024 | 23 | 7 | 16 | - | 30% | 4 | 9 | - | - | 34 | 248 | 10.80 | 64.29% | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2,046 | 906 | 66 | 93.21% | 1,849 | 80.00 | 51 | 1,306 | 56.8 |
Career Overall
Year Start | Year End | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | Tries | Goals | 1 Point Field Goals | 2 Point Field Goals | Points | Kicking Metres | Kicking Metres Average | Goal Conversion Rate | Forced Drop Outs | Try Assists | Offloads | Receipts | Tackles Made | Missed Tackles | Tackle Efficiency | Total Running Metres | Average Running Metres | Kick Return Metres | Total Points | Average Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dragons | 2013 | 2013 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2.60 | - | - | - | - | 54 | 23 | - | 100.00% | 81 | 40.00 | - | 35 | 17.5 |
Bulldogs | 2014 | 2015 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 71% | 4 | - | - | - | 16 | 154 | 22.01 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 552 | 289 | 19 | 93.83% | 264 | 37.00 | 1 | 369 | 52.7 |
Rabbitohs | 2016 | 2024 | 207 | 113 | 94 | - | 55% | 31 | 16 | - | - | 156 | 3,164 | 15.29 | 72.73% | 30 | 73 | 140 | 20,731 | 8,323 | 407 | 95.34% | 15,574 | 75.00 | 275 | 11,495 | 55.5 |
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