Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Mitchell Hunter Cox
- Nickname(s)
- Moot
- Born
- Wednesday, 22nd October, 1958
- Current Age
- 65 years and 185 days
- Place Of Birth
- Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Willoughby junior, the son of 1952 RU Test half Brian Cox and the brother of Wallaby Phillip Cox, displayed his attacking skills in 3 RU Test matches on the 1981-82 tour of Great Britain. The chunky half, who never let size detract from his great defense, switched codes to play with Norths on his return. In 1984, Cox was struck down with hepatitis and left the club the next year following the fall-out over Greg Hawick's time as coach. Cox played with Manly for two years but retired after the disappointing 1987 season.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Played 3 Rugby Union tests for the Wallabies in 1981
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 % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL | 96 | 16 | - | 6 | 65 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1982 | 26 | 5 | - | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 57.69% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1983 | 23 | 8 | - | 3 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 52.17% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRL 1984 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | |||
| North Sydney | NSWRL 1985 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 23.53% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRL 1986 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | |||
| Manly | NSWRL 1987 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| North Sydney | 1982-85 | 75 | 15 | - | 6 | 61 | 35 | 38 | 2 | 46.67% | List | |||
| Manly | 1986-87 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61.90% | List | |||
| Overall | 1982-1987 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 50.00% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1987-88
Your Say
12/06/2015
Thought he was often targeted by other teams and high lighted the ability of union players to adopt to league. One can only wonder what an impact Glen and Mark Ella could of made if they came across with Mitchell?
24/09/2016
Great evasive skills and a solid competitor. Shame he came up against the likes of Brett Kenny he had the ability to make any rep team.
15/05/2020
Very talented. Could kick off both feet. Good tackler. Great attack. Natural athlete.
21/05/2020
Scored the only 3 point field goal in League history
19/11/2022
Was the spark in the Bears 1982 team which made the finals for the first time since 1965!
was a sought after player and Manly managed to get him across the bridge. Shame he stopped playing in 1987 when he still had a lot to offer possibly at another club with less depth than Manly, who had also Cliff Lyons in the same position.
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