Wallaby Quade Cooper signs for French giants Toulon
Australia fly-half Quade Cooper has signed a two-year contract to play for French champions Toulon, the club announced on its website on Friday.
Australia fly-half Quade Cooper has signed a two-year contract to play for French champions Toulon, the club announced on its website on Friday.
Capped 52 times by the Wallabies, the 27-year-old Cooper will join his new team-mates during the summer to prepare for the 2015-16 season.
In particular he will link up with former Australia playmaker Matt Giteau, who has been instrumental in guiding the French club to this season’s European Rugby Champions Cup final.
He [Cooper] is coming to Toulon to become the player that the whole world wants to see
The wealthy Cote d’Azur side are currently seeking a second straight Top 14 and European Cup double.
“He has been a player we have been keeping an eye on for several years now, and would have arguably been rated the best player in the world after the last World Cup were it not for injury,” Toulon chairman Mourad Boudjellal said.
“At 27 years old he is coming to Toulon to become the player that the whole world wants to see.”
Cooper is currently playing for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition, but he broke a shoulder blade in a game earlier this month and will be out of action for up to two months.
