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Ollie Hoskins (born 6 March 1993) is an Australian rugby union international player who started his career as a prop for the Western Force in Super Rugby and signed with London Irish in March 2016.[1][2][3] When the club folded, Hoskins was signed by Saracens in June 2023.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6][7]

On 28 April 2016 it was announced that Hoskins would join Green King IPA Championship side London Irish for the 2016-17 season.[8] Hoskins was a regular starter as Irish were promoted at the close of the 2016-17 RFU Championship season. Earning 24 caps in total.[9] Since the 2016-17 season, Hoskins has racked up 64 caps for London Irish and in the 2018-19 season was voted Supporters Player of the Season.

International

Hoskins was the starting tighthead prop of the Australia Under-20 squad for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa and the 2013 tournament in France.[10][11][12]

In 2021, Hoskins was drafted into Dave Rennie’s Wallabies squad to potentially cover for Taniela Tupou, who had suffered a head collision in the Scotland game, prior to their clash with England. He made his debut at Twickenham coming on as a substitute on 13 November 2021.

Super Rugby statistics

As of 20 June 2016[13]
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
2016 Force 0 0 0 0 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. ^ a b "Force finalises 2014 playing roster". Rugby Western Australia. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Ollie Hoskins Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Saracens sign Wallabies prop Ollie Hoskins". www.rugbypass.com. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Australia U20 Media Guide 2013" (PDF). Rugby Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Waratahs 43–21 Force". South African Rugby Union. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Force, Waratahs keep teams under wraps". The West Australian. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  8. ^ "London Irish sign Western Force prop Ollie Hoskins from next season". Sky Sports. 28 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Ollie Hoskins". London Irish.
  10. ^ "Australian Under 20s squad named for 2012". Rugby Australia. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  12. ^ "Ollie Hoskins IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

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