I would agree with much of what's been posted on here. At Hull FC he was the only organiser and all of the creative play came from him which was why Yeaman and Raynor scored so many tries and made the GB squad but at Rovers he's playing second fiddle to Dobson.

He was the stand out player at Hull but he's not at Caravan Park and consequently I don't see how he's as valuable to you guys as he was to us and I reckon probably hasn't been a good investment on the pitch.

Good luck to him, seems to have got his life back on track and I think with his excellent understanding of the game he could make a very good coach.

Been a while since we had av player coach?

James Webster in 05 IIRC, another great coach-in-the-making I reckon.

Forever grateful to Cookie for ensuring Rovers survival from relegation in 2007 ensuring our long term future as a top-flight RL team because had we not survived, we'd not have been granted a licence in 2008 and we'd probably still be kicking around in the Championship.

He was a big part of our 4th place finish in 2009 (yes we actually finished in the "top-four" - not just speaking about it).

Good luck to him as coach of Donny.

Cooke will make a great coach,he always speaks a lot of sense on the radio and in his newspaper column.Good luck.