{"id":11304,"date":"2012-06-10T11:06:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T09:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/rugby-australia-flyhalf-cooper-to-stay-with-reds-until-2015\/"},"modified":"2012-06-10T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T09:06:58","slug":"rugby-australia-flyhalf-cooper-to-stay-with-reds-until-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/rugby-australia-flyhalf-cooper-to-stay-with-reds-until-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby-Australia flyhalf Cooper to stay with Reds until 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">June 10<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper has ended<br \/>\nspeculation on his playing future by signing a three-year<br \/>\ncontract to remain with the Queensland Reds.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cooper made the announcement on Australia&#8217;s Fox Sports that<br \/>\nhe had deciding to stay with the Queensland-based Super Rugby<br \/>\nside until after the 2015 World Cup in England.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really enjoying my time here, I&#8217;m in a good place at<br \/>\nthe moment, and I&#8217;m enjoying where the Reds are going as an<br \/>\norganisation and as a team,&#8221; he told the television channel.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a bright future ahead and hopefully a few more<br \/>\ntitles in the next few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand-born flyhalf has only just returned to the<br \/>\nfield following a serious knee injury that he sustained during<br \/>\nthe World Cup last year and was not included in Robbie Deans&#8217;<br \/>\nWallabies team for their test series against Wales.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old had reportedly been considering a shift to<br \/>\nrugby league, overseas, or to another Australian franchise, but<br \/>\ndecided instead to stay with the Super Rugby champions and<br \/>\ncontinue his potent partnership with fellow Wallaby Will Genia.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Genia re-signed with the Reds in April after initially<br \/>\ncommitting to the Western Force then changing his mind.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cooper is facing an Australian Rugby Union investigation<br \/>\nfollowing media reports he and fellow injured Wallaby Kurtley<br \/>\nBeale had been involved in an altercation in a Brisbane bar<br \/>\nearlier this week.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Auckland; Editing by John<br \/>\nO&#8217;Brien)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper has ended speculation on his playing future by signing a three-year contract to remain with the Queensland Reds. 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