Chris Cook (born 16 April 1991) is an English

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player, who currently plays at scrum-half for Chippenham RFC in Regional 2 Tribute Severn South West Division. A product of the Bath Rugby academy, Cook made his

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debut as a substitute against

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. He spent the first half of the 2013-14 season playing for Bath's "A" team, before being loaned out to promotion hopefuls

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, after gaining promotion from ...

. Cook returned to Bath for the 2014-15 season on a new one-year deal, starting his first Premiership game in their second match of the season, against his former team London Welsh. Cook scored the game's first try, and his first in a Premiership campaign, within two minutes. After 11 seasons playing for Bath, Cook announced he was leaving Bath to sign for local rivals

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from the 2020-21 season. On 26 July 2021, Cook signs for Premiership rivals

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

on a short-term deal from the beginning of the 2021-22 season. After playing for

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in 2011, in 2019 Cook was named in the

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squad. On 20 January 2022, Cook left England to join Italy region

Zebre Parma Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...

in the

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on a short-term deal for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. After the renew of contract, he played for the Italian team also in the 2022−23 season. Before moving back to the UK to take up a player/coach role at Chippenham Rugby Club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Chris 1991 births Living people Bath Rugby players Bristol Bears players English rugby union players London Welsh RFC players Northampton Saints players Rugby union players from Bath, Somerset Rugby union scrum-halves Zebre Parma players People educated at Millfield English expatriate rugby union players in Italy