James Collins (field hockey)
Australian field hockey player
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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]
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Perth, Western Australia
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2018 Summer Youth Olympics – IND-AUS | |||||||||||||||||
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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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Personal life
James Collins was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia.[2]
Career
Domestic hockey
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
Under–18
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
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]
