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Brisbane - He's already granted Quade Cooper an on-field licence to thrill and now Reds coach Ewen McKenzie says he won't place the shackles on the flyhalf's unusual pre-game tweeting either.
According to the Rugby Heaven website, proving he's not only a step ahead on a Super Rugby pitch, Cooper is on track to become the first Australian sports star to rack up 10 000 messages on the social networking phenomenon that is Twitter.
Incredibly, Cooper tweeted his 20 071 followers just six minutes before kick-off last Friday night before producing a man-of-the match display in the Reds' record-breaking 53-3 rout of the Melbourne Rebels.
"Green boots split back to the red.. Here we go!!!!," Cooper tweeted in reference to a promise he made to Queensland's Warra State School that he'd wear green footwear during the match.
That alert was just one of more than 30 tweets from Cooper on game day, a tad more than his daily average of 23.
Having today tallied 9 949 tweets since he opened his account on January 14, 2010, Cooper is so prolific that he's left Shane Warne for dust and seemingly has everyone else in Australian sport covered too.
A keen tweeter himself, (with 6 550 posts) McKenzie has no qualms with Cooper's social networking antics as long as the reigning Australian Super Rugby player of the year keeps delivering on the field.
"With your preparation, you can argue that there's right and wrong ways to go about it," McKenzie told the Australian Associated Press (AAP).
Cooper's tweet about his boots stemmed from a long road trip he made to Queensland's flood-affected region that McKenzie said the Wallabies ace should be applauded for.
"It's only a very small school and he just went out there off his own bat a couple of Sundays back and just played touch footy with the kids and had a chat to them," McKenzie said.
At his current rate, Cooper will post his 10 000th tweet this week but, to be fair, many of his offerings are replies to the general public.
Indeed, thoughtless tweeting can get users in serious strife - as Cooper's girlfriend, triple Olympic swimming champion Stephanie Rice, learned after posting a famously inappropriate offering after the Wallabies beat the Springboks last year.
"Suck on that faggots," Rice tweeted. "Probs the best game I've ever seen!! Well done boys."
Click HERE to follow Quade Cooper on Twitter
Notable Australian sports personality tweeters:
Quade Cooper - 9 949 tweets (23.08 per day)
Andrew Bogut - 9 103 tweets (12.22 per day)
Karmichael Hunt - 6 510 tweets (10.76 per day)
Ewen McKenzie - 6 550 tweets (8.72 per day)
Lote Tuqiri - 5 697 tweets (8.30 per day)
Russell Crowe - 3 510 tweets (10.32 per day)
Mat Rogers - 3 300 tweets (4.73 per day)
Stephanie Rice - 3 168 tweets (7.42 per day)
Shane Warne - 3 081 tweets (6.13 per day)
Harry O’Brien - 2 843 tweets (4.02 per day)
Mick Fanning - 2 481 tweets (3.32 per day)
Tamsyn Lewis - 2 502 tweets (3.89 per day)
Robbie McEwen - 1 909 tweets (2.54 per day)
Adam Scott - 1 591 tweets (2.57 per day)
Anthony Mundine - 1 213 tweets (4.50 per day)
Mark Bosnich - 1 169 tweets (48.71 per day)
Mark Winterbottom - 1 513 tweets (2.07 per day)
Michael Clarke - 772 tweets (1.60 per day)
Brendan Fevola - 540 tweets (1.89 per day)
Harry Kewell - 17 tweets (0.03 per day)
Quade Cooper and Stephanie Rice (File)
According to the Rugby Heaven website, proving he's not only a step ahead on a Super Rugby pitch, Cooper is on track to become the first Australian sports star to rack up 10 000 messages on the social networking phenomenon that is Twitter.
Incredibly, Cooper tweeted his 20 071 followers just six minutes before kick-off last Friday night before producing a man-of-the match display in the Reds' record-breaking 53-3 rout of the Melbourne Rebels.
"Green boots split back to the red.. Here we go!!!!," Cooper tweeted in reference to a promise he made to Queensland's Warra State School that he'd wear green footwear during the match.
That alert was just one of more than 30 tweets from Cooper on game day, a tad more than his daily average of 23.
Having today tallied 9 949 tweets since he opened his account on January 14, 2010, Cooper is so prolific that he's left Shane Warne for dust and seemingly has everyone else in Australian sport covered too.
A keen tweeter himself, (with 6 550 posts) McKenzie has no qualms with Cooper's social networking antics as long as the reigning Australian Super Rugby player of the year keeps delivering on the field.
"With your preparation, you can argue that there's right and wrong ways to go about it," McKenzie told the Australian Associated Press (AAP).
Cooper's tweet about his boots stemmed from a long road trip he made to Queensland's flood-affected region that McKenzie said the Wallabies ace should be applauded for.
"It's only a very small school and he just went out there off his own bat a couple of Sundays back and just played touch footy with the kids and had a chat to them," McKenzie said.
At his current rate, Cooper will post his 10 000th tweet this week but, to be fair, many of his offerings are replies to the general public.
Indeed, thoughtless tweeting can get users in serious strife - as Cooper's girlfriend, triple Olympic swimming champion Stephanie Rice, learned after posting a famously inappropriate offering after the Wallabies beat the Springboks last year.
"Suck on that faggots," Rice tweeted. "Probs the best game I've ever seen!! Well done boys."
Click HERE to follow Quade Cooper on Twitter
Notable Australian sports personality tweeters:
Quade Cooper - 9 949 tweets (23.08 per day)
Andrew Bogut - 9 103 tweets (12.22 per day)
Karmichael Hunt - 6 510 tweets (10.76 per day)
Ewen McKenzie - 6 550 tweets (8.72 per day)
Lote Tuqiri - 5 697 tweets (8.30 per day)
Russell Crowe - 3 510 tweets (10.32 per day)
Mat Rogers - 3 300 tweets (4.73 per day)
Stephanie Rice - 3 168 tweets (7.42 per day)
Shane Warne - 3 081 tweets (6.13 per day)
Harry O’Brien - 2 843 tweets (4.02 per day)
Mick Fanning - 2 481 tweets (3.32 per day)
Tamsyn Lewis - 2 502 tweets (3.89 per day)
Robbie McEwen - 1 909 tweets (2.54 per day)
Adam Scott - 1 591 tweets (2.57 per day)
Anthony Mundine - 1 213 tweets (4.50 per day)
Mark Bosnich - 1 169 tweets (48.71 per day)
Mark Winterbottom - 1 513 tweets (2.07 per day)
Michael Clarke - 772 tweets (1.60 per day)
Brendan Fevola - 540 tweets (1.89 per day)
Harry Kewell - 17 tweets (0.03 per day)
Quade Cooper and Stephanie Rice (File)
