Brent Cockbain

Brent Cockbain
Rugby union career
Full name	Brent John Cockbain
Date of birth	(1974-11-15) 15 November 1974
Place of birth	Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	122 kg (19 st 3 lb; 269 lb)
School	Innisfail High School
Notable relative(s)	Matt Cockbain (brother)
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010	London Irish Pontypridd Celtic Warriors Ospreys Sale	14 10 53 38	(0) (5) (5) (0)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997–1999	Queensland Reds	2	(0)

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1993 1995 2003–2007 2005	Australia U19 Australia U21 Wales British & Irish Lions	24 0	(5) (0)

Brent John Cockbain (born 15 November 1974 in New South Wales, Australia) is a former rugby union player who won 24 caps for Wales.

Club career

Although born in Australia, and with his brother Matt Cockbain having played international rugby for Australia, Brent decided to emigrate to the UK. Cockbain played club rugby for London Irish, then came to Wales in 1999 to join Pontypridd RFC. With the advent of regional sides in 2003, he played for the Celtic Warriors, then when the Warriors were shut down signed for the Ospreys in 2004.

In the 2004–05 season he helped the Ospreys win the Celtic League and Wales win the Grand Slam, scoring his first and only international try against Italy.

Cockbain returned from injury to club rugby with the Ospreys, but missed Wales' 2006 Autumn Internationals due to an injury. On 3 December 2007, Cockbain signed for the English Premiership side Sale Sharks on a 2½ year contract.^[1]^[2]

Cockbain retired from competitive sport in June 2010.

International career

Cockbain represented Australia at Under 19 and Under 21 level, but qualified for Wales under the residency rule and made his debut against Romania at Wrexham on 27 August 2003, a match which Wales won 54–8. This match also saw Mike Ruddock take charge of the side for the first time, albeit only for the one game. He went on to start in four of Wales' matches in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In the 2004–05 season he helped Wales win the Grand Slam, scoring his first international try against Italy. He was flown out to join the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand as a late replacement after Danny Grewcock had been banned for biting.^[3]

References

↑ Brent Cockbain eager to make fresh start South Wales Echo – 4 December 2007
↑ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | My Club | Sale | Lock Cockbain joins Sale Sharks
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-15.

External links

Wales squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett Charvis (c) Cockbain Davies Jenkins A. Jones Da. Jones Du. Jones Llewellyn McBryde Popham Sidoli I. Thomas J. Thomas M. Williams Wyatt

Backs	Cooper Evans Harris M. Jones S. Jones Morgan Parker Peel Shanklin Sweeney Taylor G. Thomas R. Williams S. Williams

Coach: Hansen

British and Irish Lions – 2005 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Byrne Cockbain Corry Dallaglio Easterby Grewcock Hayes Hill Jenkins R. Jones Kay Moody O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Owen Rowntree Shaw Sheridan Stevens Taylor Thompson Titterrell Ja. White Ju. White M. Williams

Backs	Cooper Cueto Cusiter D'Arcy Dawson Greenwood Henson Hickie Hodgson S. Jones Horgan Lewsey Murphy O'Driscoll (c) O'Gara Peel Robinson Shanklin Smith Thomas Wilkinson S. Williams

Coach	Woodward

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