Cooper Stephens
Australian rules football player
Australian rules footballer
| Cooper Stephens | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Cooper Stephens | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Original team(s) | Colac, Geelong Falcons | ||
| Draft | No. 16, 2019 national draft No. 3, 2024 rookie draft | ||
| Debut | Round 8, 2022, Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Manuka Oval, Canberra | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020–2022 | Geelong | 7 (0) | |
| 2023– | Hawthorn | 0 (0) | |
| Total | 7 (0) | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Cooper Stephens is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Stephens was initially drafted to the Geelong Football Club.
Early life
Stephens broke his leg at the start of his final underage year. Despite being disappointed he took the opportunity to train with the Geelong Falcons high performance manager and was in good shape for the combine testing at the end of the year.[1]
He was drafted with the 16th selection in the 2019 AFL draft from Geelong Falcons in the NAB League.
AFL career
Stephens had an interrupted start in the AFL, he was reduced to hub scratch matches in 2020 and in 2021 he suffered a ankle injury.[2] He managed to string enough games in the VFL to be considered for a promotion to the senior side. He made his debut in Canberra against the Greater Western Sydney in round 8 2022. He managed to play seven senior games in his debut season.
Cooper was traded to Hawthorn in a three way deal that saw Oliver Henry move to Geelong and Tom Mitchell move to Collingwood.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[3]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2020[a] | Geelong | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 | Geelong | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 | Geelong | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 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
- Minor premiership (Geelong): 2022
References
External links
- Cooper Stephens's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Cooper Stephens's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Hawthorn Football Club – current squad
- 1 Morrison
- 2 Lewis
- 3 Newcombe
- 4 Impey
- 5 Worpel
- 6 Sicily (c)
- 7 Reeves
- 8 Frost
- 9 Jiath
- 10 Amon
- 11 Nash
- 12 Day
- 13 Moore (vc)
- 14 Scrimshaw
- 15 Hardwick
- 16 D'Ambrosio
- 17 Meek
- 18 Chol
- 19 Gunston
- 20 Wingard
- 21 Stephens*
- 22 Breust (vc)
- 23 Weddle
- 24 Grainger-Barras
- 25 Ward
- 26 Ryan
- 27 McCabe
- 28 Mackenzie
- 29 Serong
- 30 Butler
- 31 C. MacDonald
- 32 Maginness
- 33 Ginnivan
- 34 Watson
- 35 Dear
- 36 Blanck*
- 37 Phillips*
- 38 Ramsden*
- 40 Se. Mitchell*
- 41 Bennetts*
- 42 B. Macdonald
- 43 O'Sullivan
- 44 Hustwaite
- 45 Tucker*
- Coach: Sa. Mitchell
* denotes rookie listed players
