Jack Lukosius (born 9 August 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Jack Lukosius | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)/Henley Football Club | ||
Draft | No. 2, 2018 national draft | ||
Debut |
24 March 2019, Gold Coast vs. St Kilda, at Marvel Stadium | ||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gold Coast | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2019– | Gold Coast | 63 (12) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2022. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Lukosius was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Robert, is of Lithuanian origin and played professional football for Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL.[1]
Jack participated in the Auskick program at Hentley[2] and grew up playing high level Australian rules football and cricket in Adelaide for Fulham Cricket Club while attending Henley High School with future Gold Coast teammate Izak Rankine.[3] Such was his talent in cricket, he was selected as the opening bowler for South Australia at the 2016-17 U17 national carnival but gave the sport away soon after to focus on football.[4] He made his senior SANFL debut for Woodville-West Torrens in a 2017 preliminary final against Sturt where he finished with 12 disposals, 8 marks and 4 goals.[5]
Leading into his final year of junior football, Lukosius was considered a potential number 1 draft pick by many draft analysts[6] and drew comparisons to superstar St Kilda forward Nick Riewoldt.[7][8] In 2018, he played a big part in South Australia's U18 national championships victory[9] and Henley High School's SA schools championship.[10] He also played for Woodville's senior SANFL side but would once again play in a losing preliminary final that year. He was drafted by Gold Coast with their first selection in the 2018 national draft, which was the second pick overall.[11]
Lukosius made his AFL debut in Gold Coast's one point loss to St Kilda in the opening round of the 2019 AFL season.
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Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2019 | Gold Coast | 41 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 183 | 54 | 237 | 90 | 44 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
2020[lower-alpha 1] | Gold Coast | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 219 | 59 | 278 | 62 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
2021 | Gold Coast | 13 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 382 | 60 | 442 | 172 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 20.1 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
2022 | Gold Coast | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 |
Career | 63 | 12 | 20 | 813 | 179 | 992 | 338 | 110 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 12.9 | 2.8 | 15.7 | 5.4 | 1.7 |
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2018 AFL national draft | |
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