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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.

James Cousins
Cousins playing for Hawthorn in April 2018
Personal information
Full name	James Cousins
Date of birth	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 24)
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	Games (Goals)
2017–2021	Hawthorn	35 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2021.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 2018
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
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[lower-alpha 1]	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

Honours and achievements

Team

• VFL premiership player (Box Hill): 2018

References

External links

• James Cousins's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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