Action from the Championship One match between Cooke and Bangor on Saturday 1 November 2025. Photo: Bob Given. © FRU SPORTS 2025.

Championship 1: Cooke 31 Bangor 26

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On Saturday afternoon, Cooke clashed with Bangor in a Championship 1 League game at Shawsbridge. A stiff cold breeze blew diagonally across the pitch initially in Cooke’s favour.

Jack Knox had a brace of tries for Cooke

 Cooke hit the ground running. Jack Knox opened the scoring on 3 minutes, after a break from midfield. Andy Hanna’s conversion had Cooke 7-0 up.

Stuart Elwood burrowed over for Cooke’s 2nd try

On 11 minutes Stuart Elwood burrowed his way over through Bangor legs to push Cooke out to 12-0.

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