Quade Cooper dials back funky stuff with more measured results for Wallabies | Matt Cleary
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After a star turn in the Rugby Championship win over South Africa it seems the playmaker, at 28, has finally discovered a semblance of control in his gameQuade Cooper’s rugby has a certain “look” to it. When he’s bopping away at odd angles, ball in two hands, flicking it onto his boot or behind his back or dishing out passes for a hard charger off his hip, he moves in a singular, angular way. And you can’t look away. And that’s before he starts to run. That’s when it can get really funky. For when Cooper is in flight, jagging, head back like a Christmas turkey on a last dash for freedom, you d…





