Raymond Reginald "Mick" Cossey (21 January 1935 – 24 May 1986) was a New Zealand

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player. A second five-eighth and centre, Cossey represented , , and

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at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, the

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: the first test against the touring Australian side in 1958. A schoolteacher, Cossey taught at

Patutahi Patutahi is a small settlement 15 kilometres from Gisborne, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the valley of the Waipaoa River. Parks Patutahi Soccer Ground is a sports ground in Patutahi. Marae The area has thre ...

School, near Gisborne, in the mid-1950s, where one of his students was future All Black

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. Cossey was killed in an accident at a railway crossing in 1986, and his ashes were buried in

Papakura Papakura is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately 32 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council. Papakura is a ...

Cemetery.

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