Graeme Cooksley

Graeme Cooksley is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1970 and 1972 World Cups.[2]

Graeme Cooksley

Personal information
Full name	Graeme Roy Cooksley[1]
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	10 st (64 kg)
Position	Scrum-half
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 19??–1977 Eastern Suburbs 1978 Kaiapoi 1979 Addington Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1967–1975 Canterbury 47 31 0 0 93 Southern Zone 1969–72 New Zealand 13 1 0 0 3 1974 South Island
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1975–1977 Eastern Suburbs
Source: [2][3]

Playing career

Cooksley played for the New Zealand Schoolboys' side in 1962 and 1963.[4] He played for New Zealand under-23 in 1969 and New Zealand XIII in 1971.[4]

Cooksley played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury, making his debut against Otago in 1967. He played for the Southern Zone against Northern Zone in 1969 and was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team that same year for two test matches against Australia.[4] He played in twenty two games, including thirteen test matches for New Zealand between 1969 and 1972, and was included in the squads for the 1970 and 1972 World Cups and the 1971 tour of Great Britain and France.

In 1974 Cooksley played for the South Island against the touring Great Britain Lions.[4] In 1975 he played for Canterbury when they upset Auckland 15-14.[5]

Between 1975 and 1977 he was the player-coach of Eastern Suburbs before spending a season each with Kaiapoi and Addington.[4]

References

1. COOKSLEY, Graeme Roy - 1969 - 72 nzleague.co.nz
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
5. Nothing better than bettering Auckland The Press, 30 May 2009