Cooper Coats Explained

Cooper Coats
Fullname:Cooper Coats
Birth Date:6 October 1996
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height:1.83 m
Weight:87 kg
School:Citadel High School
University:Acadia University
Position:Flyhalf, Fullback
Currentclub:Halifax Tars RFC
Years1:2016-2017
Clubs1:Halifax Tars RFC
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Years2:2016-2018
Clubs2:Nova Scotia Keltics
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Years3:2017-2018
Clubs3:Atlantic Rock
Apps3:4
Points3:44
Years4:2018
Apps4:4
Points4:0
Years5:2018-
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Repyears1:2014
Repteam1:Canada under-18
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Repyears2:2015
Repteam2:Canada under-20
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Repyears3:2021-
Repteam3:Canada
Repcaps3:9
Reppoints3:45
Clubupdate:23 July 2023
Repupdate:23 July 2023
Ru Sevensnationalyears1:2018-
Ru Sevensnationalteam1:Canada Sevens
Ru Sevensnationalcomp1:15 (193)
Ru Sevensupdate:23 July 2023

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.

Career

He 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palmeter . Paul . 23 March 2022 . Halifax's Cooper Coats continuing to shine for Canadian rugby sevens team .
  2. Web site: McLernon . Will . 2 July 2022 . A homecoming for Nova Scotian rugby star Cooper Coats .
  3. Web site: 2018-12-06 . Cooper Coats receives Canada call for Cape Town . 2023-07-23 . Americas Rugby News .
  4. Web site: Four Players with Arrows Experience Named to Canada's Commonwealth Games Squad . 2023-07-23 . Toronto Arrows .
  5. Web site: 2018 Major League Rugby – Ontario Arrows . 2023-07-23 . Americas Rugby News .
  6. Web site: 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship . 2023-07-23 . Americas Rugby News .
  7. Web site: 2019-07-16 . Cooper Coats . 2023-07-23 . .
  8. Web site: Tests Matchs - Match report Wales vs Canada, le 03/07/2021 . 2023-07-23 . all.rugby .