Ollie Hoskins (rugby union)

Ollie Hoskins

Personal information
Full name	Oliver Matthew David Hoskins
Born	6 March 1993 Perth, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	122 kg (19 st 3 lb)
School(s) attended	Scotch College, Perth
Club information
Playing position	Prop
Current club	Force
Youth career
2012–13	Force
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Pts)^†
2014–	Force	26	(0)
2014−	Perth Spirit	15	(10)
Representative team(s)^‡
2012–13	Australia Under-20	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 November 2015. † 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]

On 28 April, 2016 it was announced that Hoskins would join Aviva Premiership side London Irish for the 2016-17 season.^[7]

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.^[8][9][10]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 14 June 2015

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
2015	Force	11	0	11	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		26	0	26	328	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Ollie Hoskins Force Player Profile". Western Force. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. "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. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Waratahs 43-21 Force". South African Rugby Union. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
6. "Force, Waratahs keep teams under wraps". The West Australian. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
7. "London Irish sign Western Force prop Ollie Hoskins from next season". Sky Sports. 28 April 2016.
8. "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
9. "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
10. "Ollie Hoskins IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.