James Collins (field hockey)
_(cropped).jpg) 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – IND-AUS | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | James Haydn Tasman Collins | ||||||||||
| Born |
25 February 2000 Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
| 2019– | Perth Thundersticks | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||
| 2018 | Australia U–18 | 15 | (19) | ||||||||
| 2022– | Australia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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James Haydn Tasman Collins (born 25 February 2000)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a defender.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]James Collins was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.[2]
Career
[edit]Domestic hockey
[edit]In 2019, Collins was a member of the Perth Thundersticks team for the inaugural season of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League.[4][5]
National teams
[edit]Under–18
[edit]James Collins made his debut for Australia in 2018, where he was a member of the Under–18 team at the Oceania Youth Championship in Port Moresby.[6] Later that year he captained the team at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[7]
Kookaburras
[edit]In 2022, Collins was named in the Kookaburras squad for the first time.[8][9][2] In April of that year, he made his senior international debut in a test series against Malaysia in Perth.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kookaburras squad finalised with four new additions". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Kookaburras selection puts James Collins a step closer to his Olympic dream". wais.org.au. Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "COLLINS James". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "James Collins". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "COLLINS James". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "JAMES COLLINS – HOCKEY 5'S" (PDF). aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Veteran goalkeeper earns Kookaburras gig". 7news.com.au. 7News. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Collins' sights on Olympic dreams". hockeywa.org.au. Hockey WA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- James Collins at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- James Collins at the International Hockey Federation
- James Collins at Olympedia (archive)
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