Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Thursday, 6th June, 1974
- Current Age
- 49 years and 361 days
Biography
Versatile Cobar junior came to Manly in 1992 and was originally a lock/five-eighth. Kosef impressed with a rugged, all-purpose ability as a ball-player and tough defender. After an injury-ridden 1994 season he was one of the few Manly forwards who could hold his head high after the 17-4 loss to C’bury in the 1995 grand final. Kosef earned his place in Australia’s World Cup squad at the end of the year and played in four Tests including the 16-8 win against Great Britain in the final. The following year he played an important role as five-eighth in Manly’s grand final win against St George and represented Australia in the one-off Test against Papua-New Guinea at the end of the year. Although he did not make his State of Origin debut until 1997 Kosef’s good form saw him chosen as a reserve in Australia’s ANZac Test loss in April 1998. The ensuing seasons saw his career wracked with injury, including four knee injuries that limited his appearances with the merged N’Eagles club to just 10 matches in two years. After sorting out a contract dispute with the embattled club Kosef made his long-awaited return in 2002 but could not come to terms when Manly took over the club the following year and he retired.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership | 158 | 17 | - | - | 68 | 97 | 58 | 3 | 61.39% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Finals | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
World Cup | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Anzac Tests | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Tri-Nations | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1995-96, 1998-99 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1995-1997 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1995 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Country | 1995, 1997 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1997-99 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1995-1999 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1992 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1993 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1994 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Manly | ARL 1995 | 25 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 88.00% | List | |||
Manly | ARL 1996 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
Manly | ARL 1997 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 6 | 2 | 65.22% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 1998 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | NRL 1999 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 1 | 33.33% | List | |||
Northern Eagles | NRL 2000 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Northern Eagles | NRL 2001 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Northern Eagles | NRL 2002 | 18 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Manly | 1992-99 | 130 | 14 | - | - | 56 | 83 | 44 | 3 | 63.85% | List | |||
Northern Eagles | 2000-02 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1992-2002 | 158 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 97 | 58 | 3 | 61.39% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
14/09/2012
I work with Nik now in the coal mining industry and he is an absolute Gentleman
30/08/2019
Did a training course with him. Very modest and polite guy as mentioned in the previous comment.
30/03/2020
An Absolute legend, Worked with Nik in the mining industry.
A goodmate to have..
02/04/2021
2nd April 2021. Had a chance meeting with Nik at a golf day for a passed close mate. Over the course of the conversation, we discussed local colourful identities we both knew and his roots. Turned out my sister-in-law is from the same town. That led to me asking, "what was his connection to rugby league"? His reply, he played. I asked his name and introduced himself, Nik Kosef. We all know the obvious signs of the quality of a bloke by their manner. Yeah, good bloke.
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