Jacob Hopper
Jacob Hopper | |||
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![]() Hopper with Richmond in February 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Jacob Hopper | ||
Date of birth | (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Leeton, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)/Leeton-Whitton (RFNL) | ||
Draft | No. 7, 2015 national draft | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Richmond | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2016–2022 | Greater Western Sydney | 114 (42) | |
2023– | Richmond | 028 (10) | |
Total | 142 (52) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jacob Hopper (born 6 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Greater Western Sydney.
Early life
Hopper was born in New South Wales[1] and grew up in the small Riverina town of Leeton.[2] He began playing football at the age of four with the Leeton-Whitton Crows where his father coached. He joined Greater Western Sydney's academy program at the age of 13[3] and regularly gained selection for NSW representative teams in the years that followed. He attended school at St Francis de Sales Regional College.[4] At the age of 17, he began boarding at St Patrick's College, Ballarat[5] while playing TAC Cup football for the North Ballarat Rebels.[6]
He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the seventh overall selection in the 2015 national draft.[7]
AFL career
Hopper made his debut in round 8 of the 2016 AFL season, in a 91-point win against Gold Coast at Spotless Stadium. He was rewarded with a nomination for the 2016 AFL Rising Star,[8] after he collected 32 disposals equaling the AFL record (since 1992) for most disposals made on debut (Brisbane Lion Bradd Dalziell's 32 in 2008 the previous highest). and nine clearances.[9][10]
At the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season, Hopper requested a trade to Richmond.[11] He was traded on 11 October.[12]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of Round 23 2022[13]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
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 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 107 | 172 | 32 | 33 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 17.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0 |
2017 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 89 | 133 | 222 | 35 | 73 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 0 |
2018 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 214 | 227 | 441 | 55 | 98 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 21.0 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 0 |
2019 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 303 | 296 | 599 | 73 | 95 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 26.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 1 |
2020[a] | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 159 | 168 | 327 | 40 | 71 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 19.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4 |
2021 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 311 | 296 | 607 | 72 | 88 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 26.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 15 |
2022 | Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 78 | 135 | 20 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 19.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0 |
Career | 114 | 42 | 47 | 1198 | 1305 | 2503 | 327 | 479 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 21.9 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 20 |
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.
Honours and achievements
- Greater Western Sydney Giants Academy Player Of The Year: 2015
- 2016 AFL Rising Star: nominee
- Greater Western Sydney Giants Rising Star: 2016
- Brett Kirk Medal: 2019
References
- ^ Polkinghorne, David (17 April 2019). "GWS Giants re-sign Jacob Hopper ahead of Fremantle Dockers clash". Canberra Times. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ Cordy, Neil (20 May 2016). "GWS Rising Star Jacob Hopper out of the wilderness and into the AFL spotlight". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ Jones, Mary (17 May 2016). "Celebrating Jacob Hopper's debut". Ladies Who Leap. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "All Australian honours for U15 schoolboys". August 2012.
- ^ Walsh, Courtney (7 May 2016). "Young Giant Jacob Hopper a youngster in eye of Riverina storm". News.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Wrigley, Brendan (17 May 2016). "Former Rebel Jacob Hopper earns AFL Rising Star award". The Ballarat Courier. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Buckley, James (6 September 2016). "Jacob Hopper perfect example of GWS Giants academy graduate who now plays AFL". The Age. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Zell, Alison (16 May 2016). "A Debut to Remember". Greater Western Sydney Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ Warren, Adrian (14 May 2016). "GIANTS Stand Tall Over Suns". AAP. Greater Western Sydney Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Curley, Adam (14 May 2016). "Hopper Hype and Mohr's Return". AFL Media. Greater Western Sydney Football Club Official Website. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Twomey, Callum (8 September 2022). "Giant plus for Tigers as mid chooses Punt Rd as new home". AFL Media. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ @AFL_House (11 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Jacob Hopper". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
External links
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- Jacob Hopper's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
- Jacob Hopper's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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