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Danny’s belief set Cooke on road to Harlequins and England fame

Hard core: David Cooke

DAVID Cooke might have looked a little like Jean Pierre Rives and, like the legendary French flanker, he was a hard core rugby player who belied his rockstar appearance. Most of that he puts down to Danny Hearn, his school coach and mentor at Haileybury.
“Dan was an amazing coach, out in all weather on the touchline in his wheelchair, that sort of dedication was really inspiring,” recalls Cooke nearly 50 years on. “He had a great intellect generally and regarding sport and got into your mind like very few coaches I ever encountered, he knew...

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