Gavin Cooper (born 19 August 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row for the North Queensland Cowboys, Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers in the NRL.

[2] He started in the second row in the Cowboys' 2015 NRL Grand Final and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides.

He was a member of the Young Guns premiership-winning side that season, playing alongside future Cowboys teammates Scott Bolton and Matthew Scott In Round 2 of the 2006 NRL season, Cooper made his NRL debut for the Cowboys in their 20–16 victory over the Manly Sea Eagles.

He played 18 games in his rookie season, scoring 3 tries, but would sign with the newly established Gold Coast Titans in July of that year, on a two-year deal.

On 27 August, Cooper re-joined the North Queensland Cowboys, signing a two-year deal with club as it underwent a total overhaul.

In Round 11 of the 2015 NRL season, Cooper captained the Cowboys for the first time in the side's 8–0 victory over the Wests Tigers.

After the Cowboys' 39–0 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Week 2 of the 2015 NRL finals series, a Courier Mail article listed Cooper as the most underrated player in the competition.

In mid April it was reported that Gavin Cooper would be a bolter for the Australian Test Team, he would just miss out on selection with Cowboys coach Paul Green going on the record and saying "I feel sorry for Coops every year around rep time.

Queensland went on to win the game 18–16, with Cooper starting at second row and playing 80 minutes, where he recorded 12 runs for 110 metres along with 47 tackles.

In Round 25, Cooper became the first forward to score a try in nine straight games, breaking the record originally set by ARL Team of the Century prop and Immortal Frank Burge in 1918.

In Round 17, he played his 300th NRL game in the Cowboys' 15–12 win over the Sydney Roosters at Central Coast Stadium.

[22] Cooper began the season as a starting second-row for the Cowboys, scoring a try in their Round 1 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

[24] In Round 20, Cooper played his final game for the Cowboys, kicking a goal in the side's 32–16 win over the Brisbane Broncos.