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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Greg Cooper
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| birth_name = Gregory John Luke Cooper
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|06|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Gisborne, New Zealand]]
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| ru_position = [[Rugby union positions#Full-back|Fullback]]
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
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| reppoints1 = 63
| province1 = [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union|Hawke's Bay]]
| province2 = [[Otago Rugby Football Union|Otago]]
▲| ru_nationalyears = 1986, 1992
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| provinceyears2 = 1984–85, 1988–96
| provinceyears3 = 1986–87
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| super14 = {{Rut|Blues}}▼
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| provincepoints2 = 1520
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| superyears1 = 1996
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| relatives = [[Matthew Cooper (rugby union)|Matthew Cooper]] (brother)▼
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| school = [[St John's College, Hastings]]▼
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▲| relatives = [[Matthew Cooper (rugby union)|Matthew Cooper]] (brother)
▲| school = [[St John's College, Hastings]]
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'''Gregory John Luke Cooper''' (born 10 June 1965) is a New Zealand [[rugby union]] former player and current coach. A [[Rugby union positions#Full-back|fullback]], Cooper represented [[Hawke's Bay Rugby Union|Hawke's Bay]], [[Otago Rugby Football Union|Otago]] and [[Auckland Rugby Football Union|Auckland]] at a provincial level and the {{Rut|Blues}} in [[Super Rugby]].
In the Rugby Almanack of New Zealand, Cooper was selected as one of the "Five promising players" from the 1984 season
He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the [[All Blacks]], in 1986 and 1992, and played seven matches, all of them tests, for the team.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=176 |title = Greg Cooper | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Museum | accessdate = 14 July 2014}}</ref> {{As of|2017}} he holds the record for the most points scored for Otago.
Cooper was appointed coach of the Otago team for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
In 2022 Cooper was named coach of the [[Utah Warriors]] in the [[Major League Rugby]] competition.<ref>https://www.warriorsrugby.com/news/utah-warriors-hire-greg-cooper-as-head-coach/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Utah Warriors squad}}
{{Portal|Sports}}
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