Kel Coslett

Kel Coslett
Full name Thomas Kelvin Coslett
Date of birth 14 January 1942
Place of birth Bynea, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Height 6'0"
Weight 94kg
Rugby league career
Position fullback, centre, prop, second-row, loose forward/lock
Professional clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1962—76
1976—79		 St. Helens
Rochdale Hornets		 531 3,413
132

3545
National teams
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1963—75 Wales 13 (19)
Teams coached
1976—79
1979—80
1980—82		 Rochdale Hornets
Wigan
St. Helens
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1961—62 Aberavon RFC
Llanelli RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1962 Wales 3 (3)

Kelvin "Kel" Coslett (born 14 Jan 1942)[1][2] is a Welsh rugby footballer of the 1960s and 1970s, and coach of the 1970s and 1980s. He was a national representative player for Wales in both rugby league and rugby union, a dual-code international.[3]

Rugby union

He was fullback in rugby union and made his international debut for Wales in the 1962 Five Nations Championship match against England. He also appeared that year in the Tests against Scotland and France before shifting to the professional code in 1962 with St. Helens.

Rugby league

Coslett had 15 seasons at St Helens up till 1976. He was a brilliant goalkicker 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.

Coslett ended up a utility player, playing in every position from full-back to loose-forward for St Helens. After the 1972 Challenge Cup final he was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance, he played Right-prop, i.e. number 10 in St. Helens' 20-5 victory over Widnes in the 1975–76 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1976.

Kel Coslett played Right-prop, i.e. number 10, and was captain in St. Helens' 2-25 defeat to the 1975 NSWRFL season premiers, Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.[4]

Coslett went on to coach Wigan and Rochdale Hornets and remains involved at the St Helens club 50 years after first signing.

County Cup final appearances

Kel Coslett played fullback, and scored 2-conversions in St. Helens' 7-4 victory over Swinton in the 1962 Lancashire Cup final during the 1962–63 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 27 October 1962, played fullback in the 15-4 victory over Swinton in the 1963 Lancashire Cup final during the 1963–64 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 October 1963, played loose forward/lock, and scored a conversion in the 2-2 draw Warrington in the 1967 Lancashire Cup final during the 1967–68 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 7 October 1967, played Right-second-row, i.e. number 12, in the 13-10 victory over Warrington in the 1967 Lancashire Cup final replay during the 1967–68 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 2 December 1967, played loose forward/lock, and scored 6-conversions in the 30-2 victory over Oldham in the 1968 Lancashire Cup final during the 1968–69 season at Central Park, Wigan on Friday 25 October 1968, and played loose forward/lock, and scored 2-conversion in the 4-7 defeat by Leigh in the 1970 Lancashire Cup final during the 1970–71 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 November 1970.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final appearances

Kel Coslett played loose forward/lock, and scored 2-conversions in St. Helens' 4-7 defeat to Wigan in the 1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1968-69 season at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 17 December 1968.[5] played loose forward/lock, and scored a conversions in the 5-9 defeat by Leeds in the 1970 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1970-71 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Tuesday 15 December 1970, played loose forward/lock, and scored 4-conversions in the 8-2 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1971 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1971-72 season at Headingley, Leeds on Tuesday 14 December 1971, and played loose forward/lock, and scored a conversion in the 22-2 victory over Dewsbury in the 1975 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1975-76 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 16 December 1975. The record for the most conversions in a BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final is 4-conversions, and is jointly held by; Ron Willett, Kel Coslett, and Dave Hall.

Career records

Kel Coslett is one of less than ten Welshmen to have scored more than 2,000-points in their rugby league career[6] and with 3,545-points is sixth on British rugby league's "most points in a career" record list behind Neil Fox, Jim Sullivan, Gus Risman, John Woods and Cyril Kellett.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Kel Coslett rugby union profile Scrum.com
  2. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. ↑ "World Club Challenge 1976 at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "1968–1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-3-6
  7. ↑ "Sinfield close to moving up all-time points list". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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