The polarising number 10 picked up his third yellow card yesterday morning in his last four tests after a high tackle against Uruguay.
Undoubtedly a record for quickest accumulation of three yellows, Cooper now has five yellows in 58 tests - tied forseventh all-time for most yellow cards.
His recent spree of high tackles also makes him the most carded back in rugby history.
The world record for yellow cards is held by former Italian captain Marco Bortolami, who had a world record seven yellows, while South African stalwart Schalk Burger is amongst a bunch of players with six. However, the duo both have played plenty of tests, Bortolami playing 112 games and Burger 81.
Quade Cooper being sent to the bin against Wales in 2013. Photo / Getty
Australia 30, Wales 26 Sin-binned in the 74th minute Score when he left: 30-26 Score six minutes later: 30-26
July 2015
Australia 34, Argentina 9 Sin-binned in the 65th minute Score when he left: 19-9 Score 10 minutes later: 19-9
August 2015
Off you go son - Cooper gets sent for a spell at Eden Park. Photo / Getty
New Zealand 41, Australia 13 Sin-binned in the 47th minute Score when he left: 20-6 Score 10 minutes later: 34-6
September 2015
Australia 65, Uruguay 3 Sin-binned in the 14th minute Score when he left: 12-0 Score 10 minutes later: 12-3
Cooper's high yellow-per-test ratio led to an inquiry into which other players have racked up cards in a short timespan.
Jamie Cudmore
Another player who has been carded already at this World Cup - Canadian lock Cudmore - has been sent to the bin six times in just 37 tests. The 37-year old has over 25 yellow cards for Clermont, and remarkably managed to miss 110 days of the 2010-2011 season to suspension, after stamping on Namibian captain Jacques Burger (70-day ban) and punching Gregory Le Corvec (40 game ban).
Cudmore is nicknamed Cuddles by his teammates, and his wife has a wine label called "Sin Bin", at least showing he is self-aware about his horrendous disciplinary record.
Michael Hooper
The impressive Australian flanker has picked up five yellows in his 47 tests, with his tenacity at the breakdown often failing to find favour with the referees.
Mathieu Verschelden
One of the biggest names in the world rugby, the Belgium lock (yes, Belgium have a rugby team), has been given a ten minute spell four times in just eight tests. That 50% rate is the highest in world rugby for anyone sin-binned at least four times, and Belgium are suffering because of it, having failed to win any of the eight tests Verschelden has played in.
The most yellow cards by an All Blacks player? Three - a mark held by Richie McCaw, Sam Whitelock, Tony Woodcock and Kees Meeuws. The worst yellow card ratio goes to Mark Robinson (the centre), who picked up two in the nine games he played for the All Blacks.
It could be worse for Cooper though, with the number 10 having never been sent off in his test history. Just two players have ever seen red twice in international rugby - massive Samoan star winger Alesana Tuilagi, and former USA centre Paul Emerick.
