Erin Cossey (born 29 September 1971 in

Katikati Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...

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) is a New Zealand Maori former

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player. He played professionally in

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for Glasgow Rugby, now

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in the 1997-98 season; and at amateur level for Glasgow Southern RFC. He played at

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The fly-half played for Clarkston RFC in 1991, 1992 and 1993. When the club changed its name to Glasgow Southern, he played for the Glasgow Southern RFC too. Cossey played against

for

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province in 1996. He was part of the professional provincial side

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squad for the 1997-98 season. He played for Glasgow in the pre-season friendly match against London Scottish at Glasgow Southern's home ground of Braidholm. Cossey came on for Cameron Little and kicked a conversion. Still, London Scottish won the match 49-15. Cossey continued to play for Glasgow Southern in 1997 and 1998. In 2009 he became a player-coach at Katikati Rugby & Sports Club. "The boys came and asked me to coach this year and I'd just sold my business and taken up teaching, so it was good timing," Cossey said. "Working with kids has opened my eyes so I said to the boys from the start that my whole focus is turning them into positive role models. We want to pull kids off the street and get them into rugby and keep them active and busy." Cossey taught at Katikati College. From 2014 Cossey is now coaching New Zealand side Te Puna RFC in the Bay of Plenty province.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cossey, Erin New Zealand rugby union players Glasgow Warriors players Living people Glasgow Southern players Clarkston RFC players 1971 births People from Katikati Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from the Bay of Plenty Region