Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I timata a Cocu mo te kapa motu o Netherlands i te tau 1996 ka puta i te 1998 World Cup, e rua nga whaainga engari kaore i te whiu i te haurua whakamutunga ki a Brazil. I takaro hoki ia i te 2006 World Cup, tae atu ki te 1996, 2000 me te
Ko te 2004 European Championships. I eke a Cocu ki te haurua whakamutunga i nga whakataetae e rua o muri ake nei, ana i te tau 2004, i mahi ia hei rangatira mo te roopu Dutch. Ki te 101 caps, ko Cocu te tuawaru i runga i te raarangi o te nuinga o nga whakaaturanga a-ao a Dutch. I a ia e mahi ana, i takaro ia hei kaitakaro "kaihoahoa" i waenga, engari i tino mohiotia mo tona kaha ki te tu hei kaitiaki, parirau, parirau, anga whakamua ranei.