Cooper Stephens is a professional

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who plays for the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

. Stephens was initially drafted to the

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 ...

Early life

Stephens broke his leg at the start of his final underage year. Despite being disappointed he took the opportunity to train with the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnamboo ...

high performance manager and was in good shape for the combine testing at the end of the year. He was drafted with the 16th selection in the

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from

in the

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AFL career

Stephens had an interrupted start in the AFL, he was reduced to hub scratch matches in 2020 and in 2021 he suffered a ankle injury. He managed to string enough games in the VFL to be considered for a promotion to the senior side. He made his debut in Canberra against the in round 8 2022. He managed to play seven senior games in his debut season. Cooper was traded to in a three way deal that saw Oliver Henry move to and Tom Mitchell move to .

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * Minor premiership (): 2022

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Cooper Geelong Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Colac Football Club players Geelong Falcons players 2001 births Living people