Ollie Hoskins (rugby union)

Ollie Hoskins
Personal information
Full nameOliver Matthew David Hoskins
Born6 March 1993
Perth, Australia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
School(s) attendedScotch College, Perth
Club information
Playing positionProp
Current clubForce
Youth career
2012–13Force
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Pts)†
2014–Force15(0)
2014Perth Spirit10(5)
Representative team(s)‡
2012–13Australia Under-207(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 1 December 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 2 March 2014.

Ollie Hoskins (born 6 March 1993) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a prop for the Western Force in Super Rugby.[1][2][3]

Career

Hoskins was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia and represented his state at various age-group levels during his school days. He was a member of the Force training squad for both the 2012 and 2013 Super Rugby seasons. During this time he gained useful international experience with appearances against Samoa A in the IRB Nations Cup and a Tongan XV side at the beginning of 2013.[4]

For 2014, Hoskins was named as a member of the Force's Wider Training Group alongside Brad Lacey, Dillyn Leyds, Dylan Sage and Francois van Wyk.[2] He gained his first Super Rugby cap in the Force's opening round defeat to the Waratahs in Sydney, replacing Kieran Longbottom in the 59th minute of the game.[5][6]

International

Hoskins was a part of the Australia Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa and the 2013 tournament in France.[7][8][9]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 27 December 2014
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2014 Force 15 0 15 173 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 0 0 173 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Ollie Hoskins Force Player Profile". Western Force. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Force finalises 2014 playing roster". Rugby Western Australia. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ollie Hoskins Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Australia U20 Media Guide 2013" (PDF). Rugby Australia. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Waratahs vs Force 23 February 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Force, Waratahs keep teams under wraps". The West Australian. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ollie Hoskins IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.