Mick Cossey

Raymond Reginald "Mick" Cossey (21 January 1935 – 24 May 1986) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Cossey represented Auckland, Poverty Bay, and Counties at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks: the first test against the touring Australian side in 1958.^[1]

Mick Cossey

Birth name	Raymond Reginald Cossey
Date of birth	(1935-01-21)21 January 1935
Place of birth	Papakura, New Zealand
Date of death	24 May 1986(1986-05-24) (aged 51)
Place of death	Drury, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
School	Otahuhu College
Occupation(s)	Schoolteacher
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second five-eighth Centre Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1953–54 Auckland 5 () 1956–57 Poverty Bay 18 () 1958–62 Counties 51 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1958 New Zealand 1 (0)

A schoolteacher, Cossey taught at Patutahi School, near Gisborne, in the mid-1950s, where one of his students was future All Black Ian Kirkpatrick.^[1]

Cossey was killed in an accident at a railway crossing in 1986,^[1] and his ashes were buried in Papakura Cemetery.^[2][3]