Derbies Are a Time When I Can Go Out and Answer All My Critics ; He's Played for Both Sides in the Derby - and Usually Ended Up As the Winner - but Why Does Kr's Paul Cooke Relish Performing On the Biggest Stage? Controversial Hull Kr Star Paul Cooke Tells Charlie Mullan Why Cross-City Clashes Are so Important

Hull Daily Mail › July 24, 2009

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DERBY day is just the type of occasion Paul Cooke thrives upon.

And his record when Rovers and FC come head to head is second to none.

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Derbies Are a Time When I Can Go Out and Answer All My Critics ; He's Played for Both Sides in the Derby - and Usually Ended Up As the Winner - but Why Does Kr's Paul Cooke Relish Performing On the Biggest Stage? Controversial Hull Kr Star Paul Cooke Tells Charlie Mullan Why Cross-City Clashes Are so Important

Of the seven Hull Super League derbies he has started - whether in Black and White or Red and White - Cooke has emes rged victorious.

And having shaken off a hamstring injury picked up in defeat at Leeds last Friday, the 28-year-old can't wait to go head to head with his old teammates once again.

By far the highest profile rs ugby player in the city, Cooke is constantly the subject of rumour and speculation - and always ws ill ...

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