Sam Collins (Australian footballer)
Sam Collins | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Samuel John Collins | ||
Nickname(s) | The Monument, Collo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1994 | ||
Original team(s) | Werribee Football Club (VFL)/Box Hill Hawks(VFL) | ||
Draft |
No. 55, 2015 national draft Pre-draft selection, 2018 national draft | ||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gold Coast | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2016–2017 | Fremantle | 14 (0) | |
2019– | Gold Coast | 87 (0) | |
Total | 101 (0) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 21, 2023. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Sam Collins (born 15 June 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Originally from
AFL career
Collins was delisted by Fremantle at the conclusion of the 2017 season,[6] in the same year in which he won the Dudley Tuckey Medal for Peel Thunder's Best and Fairest player[7] and was named in the WAFL team of the year.[8] He was not drafted by another AFL club in the 2017 AFL draft,[9] and returned to Melbourne to play for Werribee Football Club.[10] He won the Werribee Football Club Best and Fairest in 2018, was named in the VFL team of the year and came equal third in the JJ Liston Medal for the competitions best player.
The Gold Coast signed Collins as a mature aged state-league concession prior to the 2018 AFL draft, and will play for the club from 2019 onwards.[11]
In 2020, Collins was named in the Suns leadership group[12] and went on to win the Club Champion Award.[13]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of round 3, 2022[14]
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Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2016 | Fremantle | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 68 | 157 | 62 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 13.1 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 0 |
2017 | Fremantle | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
2019 | Gold Coast | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 44 | 109 | 43 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0 |
2020[a] | Gold Coast | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 68 | 175 | 74 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
2021 | Gold Coast | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 78 | 230 | 119 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 2 |
2022 | Gold Coast | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | TBA |
Career | 62 | 0 | 0 | 442 | 282 | 724 | 319 | 113 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 11.7 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 2 |
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.
Family life
Sam's father, Kevin Collins, has an extensive background in playing and coaching football. He played for many years at Oakleigh in the VFA and then coached at a number of clubs. He led Donvale FC to numerous premierships and had coaching stints at Box Hill FC coaching Sam to a Premiership. Kevin Collins continues to be involved in coaching and returned to Donvale FC to become the senior coach in 2020.[15]
References
- ^ "Weird footy nicknames: So why do they call Gov 'Brackets'?".
- ^ "AFL Draft". 25 November 2015.
- ^ MacGregor, Natalie (28 May 2015). "Collins: The Man You Can Count On".
- ^ "Pick 55 - Sam Collins". fremantlefc.com.au. 24 November 2015.
- ^ Duffield, Mark (26 May 2016). "Dockers give debut to Collins". The West Australian.
- ^ "Fremantle list update".
- ^ "SAM COLLINS WINS 2017 DUDLEY TUCKEY MEDAL". Peel Thunder Football Club. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "2017 wafl.com.au Team of the Year". WA Football. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Close but no cigar: Players who missed out".
- ^ "Collins finds a football home for 2018". The West Australian. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Cleary, Mitch (15 October 2018). "Former Docker set to boost Suns' defence". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "From tears to leadership group: How Sun turned his career around". www.afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 Club Champion – Sam Collins". www.goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Sam Collins". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "KEVIN COLLINS APPOINTED DONVALE COACH | Eastern FNL". 15 August 2019.
External links
- Sam Collins's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Sam Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Sam Collins at AustralianFootball.com