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| Full name | Thomas Kelvin Coslett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1942-01-14)14 January 1942 (age 84) Bynea,Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 11 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Prop, Second-row, Loose forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Kelvin Coslett (born 14 January 1942) is a Welsh formerdual-code internationalrugby union and professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s,[3] andcoached rugby league in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) forWales, and at club level forAberavon RFC andLlanelli RFC, as agoal-kickingfull-back, and representative level rugby league (RL) forWales andOther Nationalities, and at club level forSt. Helens (captain), andRochdale Hornets,[3][5][6] as atoe-end kicking style (rather thanround the corner kicking style) goal-kickingfullback, prop, second-row, orloose forward, and coached at club level forRochdale Hornets,Wigan andSt. Helens.[4]
Coslett was born inBynea,Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Coslett made his internationalrugby union début for Wales as afull-back in the1962 Five Nations Championship match againstEngland. He also appeared that year in theTest matches againstScotland andFrance, before shifting to the professionalrugby league code in 1962 withSt. Helens.
Coslett playedfullback, and scored twogoals inSt. Helens' 7–4 victory overSwinton in the1962 Lancashire Cup Final atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 27 October 1962, he played fullback in the 15–4 victory overSwinton in the1963 Lancashire Cup Final atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 26 October 1963, he playedloose forward, and scored a goal in the 2–2 drawWarrington in the1967 Lancashire Cup Final atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 7 October 1967, he playedsecond-row in the 13–10 victory overWarrington in the1967 Lancashire Cup Finalreplay atStation Road, Swinton on Saturday 2 December 1967, he playedloose forward and scored 6-goals in the 30–2 victory overOldham in the1968 Lancashire Cup Final atCentral Park,Wigan on Friday 25 October 1968, he playedloose forward, and scored 2-goals in the 4–7 defeat byWigan in the1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final atCentral Park,Wigan on Tuesday 17 December 1968,[7] he playedloose forward, and scored 2-goal in the 4–7 defeat byLeigh in the1970 Lancashire Cup Final atStation Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970, he playedloose forward, and scored a goal in the 5–9 defeat byLeeds in the1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final atHeadingley,Leeds on Tuesday 15 December 1970, he playedloose forward, and scored 4-goals in the 8–2 victory overRochdale Hornets in the1971 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final atHeadingley,Leeds on Tuesday 14 December 1971, playedloose forward, wascaptain, scored four goals, and adrop goal, and wasman of the match winning theLance Todd Trophy in the 16–13 victory overLeeds in the1972 Challenge Cup Final during the1971–72 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 13 May 1972, he playedloose forward, and scored a goal in the 22–2 victory overDewsbury in the1975 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final atKnowsley Road,St. Helens on Tuesday 16 December 1975, he played atprop, and wascaptain, in the 20–5 victory overWidnes in the1976 Challenge Cup Final atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 8 May 1976, he played right-prop, and wascaptain in the 2–25 defeat by the1975 NSWRFL season premiers,Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial1976 World Club Challenge atSydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.[8]
Coslett had 15 seasons at St. Helens from 1962 to 1976, making a total of 531 appearances – a club record until this total was surpassed byJames Roby in 2023.[9] He was a prolific goal-kicker landing 1,639 career goals and scoring 45 tries for the club. He started as a tough-tackling, raw-boned youngster. A broken ankle later in his career cost his blistering pace, but he remained ever a dangerous player with the ball in hand.
Kel Coslett is one of less than ten Welshmen to have scored more than 2,000-points in their rugby league career[10] and as of 2015, with 3,545-points is eighth on British rugby league's "most points in a career" record list behindNeil Fox,Jim Sullivan,Kevin Sinfield,Gus Risman,John Woods,Mick Nanyn andCyril Kellett.[11] The record for the most goals in aBBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final is 4-goals, and is jointly held by;Ron Willett, Kel Coslett andDave Hall.
Coslett went on to coachWigan,Rochdale Hornets andSt. Helens, and remains involved at St Helens more than 50-years after first signing.
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