Jack Lukosius
Jack Lukosius | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 9 August 2000 | ||
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 | 60 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2021. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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).
Early life[]
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 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Leading into his final year of junior football, Lukosius was considered a potential number 1 draft pick by many draft analysts[5] and drew comparisons to superstar St Kilda forward Nick Riewoldt.[6][7] In 2018, he played a big part in South Australia's U18 national championships victory[8] and Henley High School's SA schools championship.[9] 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.[10]
AFL career[]
Lukosius made his AFL debut in Gold Coast's one point loss to St Kilda in the opening round of the 2019 AFL season.
Statistics[]
- 'Statistics are correct to the end of round 5, 2021.[11]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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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[a] | 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 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 129 | 21 | 150 | 66 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 2.6 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
Career | 46 | 8 | 11 | 531 | 134 | 665 | 218 | 80 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 14.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
- ^ 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.
References[]
- ^ "Record six father-son players in Croweaters' under-18 State side". 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Schoolyard to stardom for Henley High students Jack and Izak". 21 September 2018.
- ^ Twomey, Callum (17 January 2018). "Precocious talent is ready for the scrutiny".
- ^ Waterworth, Ben (20 September 2017). "AFL Draft Watch: Andrew Brayshaw set for TAC Cup grand final stage, Jack Lukosius' insane debut".
- ^ Smith, Matthew (29 August 2018). "AFL draft: Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine look to break Victorian stranglehold on number one pick".
- ^ Balmer, Matt (4 July 2018). "AFL Draft 2018: Why South Australian forward Jack Lukosius is Pick 1 favourite".
- ^ "Is Lukosius the next Nick Riewoldt?". 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Lukosius stars as SA storms to big under-18 championships victory". 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Lukosius, Rankine lead Henley to first football championship since 1980". 21 August 2018.
- ^ Cheadle, Josh (22 November 2018). "Lukosius excited for new chapter".
- ^ "Jack Lukosius". AFLTables. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
External links[]
- Jack Lukosius's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Jack Lukosius's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Lukosius at AustralianFootball.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Lithuanian descent
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Gold Coast Football Club players
- Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players