England Red Roses hooker Amy Cokayne has 33 tries in 71 Tests at age of just 26 – more than double the record for international tries scored by a hooker in the men’s game; a flying officer in the RAF, Cokayne recounts last week’s Women’s Six Nations opening win vs Scotland and looks ahead
By Michael Cantillon
Last Updated: 31/03/23 12:51pm
Amy Cokayne is a try-scoring machine for the Red Roses, despite the fact she plays at hooker
Amy Cokayne notched two tries for England in their opening 2023 Women’s Six Nations victory over Scotland last week, and the 26-year-old’s try-scoring exploits have her performing at a quite unique rate.
On the occasion of her 71st Test cap, Cokayne touched down for her 32nd and 33rd international tries, hanging out on the wing for the first, while touching down at the back of a trademark Red Roses rolling maul for her second.
The stats make for phenomenal reading by a front-row forward, with the Red Roses hooker’s tag as a try-scoring machine belying her position on the pitch.
By comparison, the most tries ever scored by a hooker in men’s Test rugby is the 15 by Ireland’s Keith Wood between 1994 and 2003 – himself crowned World Rugby Player of the Year in 2001.
England’s record try-scorer on the men’s side is wing Rory Underwood on 49 (1984-1996). Cokayne, 26, is not far from striking distance of that total already and, at the rate she is scoring at, she should surpass that mark.
She is further from the all-time Red Roses record of 61 tries held by former full-back Sue Day (1997-2007), but the fact a hooker is even in the conversation is remarkable.
The 26-year-old has already scored more than double the record for tries scored by a hooker in men’s Test rugby
To further contextualise Cokayne’s feats in her Test career to date, of the top 50 try-scorers in men’s Test rugby history, there are only 31 to have scored more tries than her, all of …