James Cousins (footballer)

James Cousins
James Cousins
	Cousins playing for Hawthorn in April 2018
Personal information
Full name	James Cousins
Date of birth	19 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Mansfield, Victoria
Original team(s)	Mansfield, Murray Bushrangers
Draft	No. 46, 2017 rookie draft
Debut	Round 10, 2017, Hawthorn vs. Sydney, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2021	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
Career highlights
	VFL premiership player: 2018;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Cousins (born 19 March 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. James was born in small country town of Mansfield, Victoria.

Cousins won the Murray Bushrangers best and fairest award in 2016.^[1] He also played one match for Richmond's VFL side.^[2]

AFL career

After being overlooked in the National draft, Cousins was picked by Hawthorn with their third selection and forty-sixth overall in the 2017 national rookie draft

A sequence of high possessions games playing for Box Hill gave the selectors notice that he was ready for the big league. Cousins was elevated off the rookie list when Cyril Rioli was put on the long-term injury list. He made his debut against Sydney on the SCG, he also kicked a goal .^[3]

On 9 July 2017, Cousins injured his shoulder whilst playing for Box Hill. Five days later, it was announced that Cousins required surgery and would miss the remainder of the 2017 season.^[4]

On 2 August 2017, Cousins signed a two-year rookie contract extension to stay at Hawthorn until the end of 2019.^[5]

Cousins was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of the 2021 season and was wished all the best for his future endeavours.^[6]

He started playing for Williamstown in the VFL after being delisted and made 8 appearances, kicking 2 goals, in an injury-interrupted 2022 season.

Personal life

Cousins is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University.^[7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2021.

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2017	Hawthorn	46	3	1	0	22	17	39	5	13	0.3	0.0	7.3	5.7	13.0	1.7	4.3	0
2018	Hawthorn	46	4	0	0	24	27	51	13	11	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.8	12.8	3.3	2.8	0
2019	Hawthorn	46	12	8	4	129	90	219	51	33	0.7	0.3	10.8	7.5	18.3	4.3	2.8	0
2020^[a]	Hawthorn	46	6	1	3	60	57	117	20	16	0.2	0.5	10.0	9.5	19.5	3.3	2.7	0
2021	Hawthorn	24	10	2	5	101	86	187	27	37	0.2	0.5	10.1	8.6	18.7	2.7	3.7	0
Career^[8]			35	12	12	336	277	613	116	110	0.3	0.3	9.6	7.9	17.5	3.3	3.1	0

Notes

^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

VFL premiership player (Box Hill): 2018

References

^ "Cousins judged Bushies' champ". 16 October 2016.
^ "James Cousins drafted to Hawthorn : Mansfield Courier". www.mansfieldcourier.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
^ "Cousins gets the call up".
^ "Injury blow for Cousins". hawthornfc.com.au. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Young Hawks sign on". hawthornfc.com.au. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Hawks farewell five".
^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "James Cousins". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

External links

James Cousins's playing statistics from AFL Tables

[8] The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "Cousins judged Bushies' champ". 16 October 2016.

[2] "James Cousins drafted to Hawthorn : Mansfield Courier". www.mansfieldcourier.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.

[3] "Cousins gets the call up".

[4] "Injury blow for Cousins". hawthornfc.com.au. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[5] "Young Hawks sign on". hawthornfc.com.au. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[6] "Hawks farewell five".

[7] "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[9] "James Cousins". AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

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