St George Illawarra's Matt Cooper's career may be over after suffering season ending injury MATTY Cooper never finished on top. No, had the St George Illawarra favourite done that, had he jumped, taken his bomb and come down on top of Rabbitohs prop Sam Burgess, rather than directly beneath him, he'd be running on to WIN Stadium this Saturday afternoon to extend a career spanning 242 games, 13 Origins and seven Tests. But he didn't. Instead, this 34-year-old warrior, a fella who had spent three months overcoming a foot injury to play Monday Night Football against competition leaders Souths, finished up beneath those 116kg of British flesh - and is unlikely to play NRL footy again. Dragons officials on Tuesday confirmed Cooper, unsigned beyond this season, will not play again this season after tearing his pectoral muscle in the club's dramatic golden-point win over South Sydney. According to Dragons performance director Andrew Gray, the centre suffered the injury "after a freakish landing when jumping for the ball against South Sydney." Dragon's Matt Cooper injured his pectoral muscle attempting to take this bomb against the Rabbitohs which has brought a premature end to his season and possibly his career. Yet The Daily Telegraph can confirm it was the heavy landing on top of him by Burgess that, while neither illegal nor intentional, appears to have helped bring down the curtain on the only footballer to boast both a rat's tail and Sexiest Man In League title simultaneously. Cooper was in his first game back from a prolonged foot problem, suffered in the Anzac Day blockbuster against the Roosters, when he attempted to take a bomb 11 minutes into the second half. After taking the ball successfully on Monday night, Cooper fell to the turf and the big Bunnies prop came down on top of him. Images appear to show Burgess's right knee land hard against Cooper's chest and, unintentionally, force his arm back at an awkward angle. While the Dragons were saying little last night, it's understood the Port Kembla product is long odds to secure a contract extension. Speaking on his future recently, the 2004 Tri Nations star said: "I'm pretty sure once I start getting back out there I'll know whether I want to play next year. When I first got the (foot) injury, we sort of didn't know the full extent. So when I found out what was going on there, I had two options. One was to get an operation and be out for the year and I didn't want to do that, because this could be my last year. I wasn't ready to do that, so we let it heal on its own and I'm back playing. We made the right decision. I'm tipping two games, three games into my return I'll come up with a decision. Sadly, Cooper never made it through one.