Martin Cooper was an international rugby union player who won 11 caps between 1973 and 1977. His only try was scored against at Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road

Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...

 in a record low scoring game, his being the only score in a 4 -0 victory.

Martin Cooper began his career at Wolverhampton before moving to Moseley

Moseley Rugby Football Club

Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...

. He soon was called up to the England squad and won his first cap

Cap (sport)

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 in 1973. In the same year he played against New Zealand

All Blacks

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 in Auckland, 16 -10.

He later captained Moseley to a John Player Cup

EDF Energy Cup

The Anglo-Welsh Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the LV Cup , is an English and Welsh rugby union knock-out cup competition featuring the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs and four Welsh Regions...

 (shared with Gloucester) in 1982. He retired that year.

After retiring from rugby, Martin Cooper became an Independent Financial Adviser. He now owns his own company, Martin Cooper Wealth Management Ltd, based in Worcester.