Born: May 26, 1962
Test record: 12 Tests (1985-89) - 1 field goal (1 point)
Tours: 1985 tour of Britain and France, 1986 tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1987 tour of Papua New Guinea and Australia
Mount Albert and Mangere East five-eighth/lock Shane Cooper played 12 Tests for New Zealand during the second half of the 1980s, as well as playing more than 300 games for British clubs St Helens and Widnes.
Cooper scored two tries in Auckland's win over Great Britain in 1984 and played 13 games on the Kiwis' tour of Britain and France the following season. He made his Test debut at five-eighth in the 22-0 shutout of France.
As well as captaining Mount Albert to its third straight Fox Memorial Cup triumph in 1986, he played in all three Tests in Australia - at halfback in the series opener and off the bench in the remaining two - and lined up at five-eighth in the second-Test loss to Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.
On the following season's tour, Cooper was at lock as New Zealand atoned with a 36-22 win over Papua New Guinea and reverted to five-eighth - opposite Wally Lewis - in a famous 13-6 upset of Australia at Lang Park, kicking a field goal.
Cooper also linked with Mangere East in 1987 and the club to its first Fox Memorial grand final, going down to Northcote.
The 26-year-old was at five-eighth for the Kiwis' home wins over Papua New Guinea and Great Britain in 1988, before coming off the bench in the World Cup final loss to Australia at Eden Park. He lined up against Lewis again earlier that year as part of the Rest of the World side that went down 22-10 to Australia in Sydney.
After wearing the No.6 in the first two Tests of the 1989 series against Australia, Cooper made way for Kelly Shelford for the dead-rubber. But he had the satisfaction of playing in St Helens' 27-26 victory over the touring Kiwis later that year.
Cooper had joined the Saints for the 1987-88 season and played in their 1989 Challenge Cup final loss to Wigan. The regular captain also stood in as caretaker coach for a short stint in the 1989-90 winter after Alex Murphy's midseason exit, while an eight-season stay at Knowsley Road included the 1992-93 Premiership Trophy success.
The steady veteran's professional career wrapped up in 1997 after three seasons with Widnes Vikings.