Will Hoskin-Elliott
Will Hoskin-Elliott | |||
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![]() Hoskin-Elliott playing for Collingwood in June 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | William Hoskin-Elliott | ||
Date of birth | 2 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Sunshine West, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Western Jets (TAC Cup)/North Sunshine | ||
Draft | No. 4, 2011 national draft | ||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Collingwood | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2012–2016 | Greater Western Sydney | 52 (42) | |
2017– | Collingwood | 170 (142) | |
Total | 222 (184) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 22, 2024. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
William Hoskin-Elliott (born 2 September 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for Greater Western Sydney from 2012 to 2016.
Junior football career
[edit]Hoskin-Elliott played junior football for North Sunshine in the Western Region Football League.[1] During his time at the club he kicked 223 goals in 106 games, including 66 goals in the 2005 season, during which he won the Under-12 Division 3 best and fairest award. Three years later, in the 2008 season, Hoskin-Elliott won the Under 16 Division 2 best and fairest award.[2]
Afterwards, Hoskin-Elliott joined the Western Jets in the TAC Cup. In the 2010 TAC Cup season, he played seven matches.[3] He played only 12 matches in the 2011 TAC Cup season, but finished second in the club's best and fairest vote.[4] Hoskin-Elliott represented Vic Metro in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships, including being selected among the best in their matches against Vic Country[5] and against Western Australia,[6] and was selected for the All-Australian team.[7]
Senior football career
[edit]Greater Western Sydney
[edit]Hoskin-Elliott was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with the fourth overall selection in the 2011 national draft.[8] He made his debut in Greater Western Sydney's inaugural season, in 2012,[9] playing in the opening round of the season against Sydney, kicking one of the club's five goals.[10] During the 2014 season, Hoskin-Elliott showed his promise, kicking 26 goals in 20 games.[11] However, due to soft-tissue injuries, he only managed to play 11 games in the 2015 season and the first two games of the 2016 season.[11] His last game at the club, a win against Geelong in the second round, saw him take a screamer which was a Mark of the Year contender.[12]
Collingwood
[edit]At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Hoskin-Elliott was traded to Collingwood for their second round pick of the 2017 AFL draft.[11][13] Collingwood's list manager, Derek Hine, said that he "is an elite talent, someone we thought highly of as a junior and a player we have tracked throughout his career."[14] Hoskin-Elliott kicked a career-high six goals in the round 11 victory over Fremantle during the 2018 season.[15][16] He made his 100th AFL appearance in the 2018 grand final against West Coast at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[17] Hoskin-Elliott missed the beginning of the 2019 season following minor surgery on his left iliotibial band.[18] In February 2019, he signed a contract extension, keeping him at Collingwood until the end of the 2022 season.[19]
Personal life
[edit]Hoskin-Elliott's great-great grandfather Charlie Norris was a three-time premiership player, once for Collingwood in 1910 and twice for Fitzroy in 1913 and 1916.[20] Hoskin-Elliott grew up supporting Collingwood[14] while living in West Sunshine, a suburb in the west of Melbourne.[18] He married his high school sweetheart, Kirstie, in October 2017, and she gave birth to their first child, Flynn, in May 2018.[18][21][22] This was followed by a daughter, Ivy, in April 2021.
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[23]
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Disposals | T
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Played in that season's premiership team |
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 | |||||
2012 | Greater Western Sydney | 33 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 80 | 36 | 116 | 36 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 11.6 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2 |
2013 | Greater Western Sydney | 33 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 71 | 34 | 105 | 33 | 15 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
2014 | Greater Western Sydney | 33 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 187 | 75 | 262 | 96 | 50 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2 |
2015 | Greater Western Sydney | 33 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 75 | 32 | 107 | 45 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0 |
2016 | Greater Western Sydney | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0 |
2017 | Collingwood | 32 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 246 | 159 | 405 | 143 | 70 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 18.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 4 |
2018 | Collingwood | 32 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 226 | 117 | 343 | 135 | 45 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 13.2 | 5.2 | 1.7 | 3 |
2019 | Collingwood | 32 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 196 | 87 | 283 | 128 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 14.9 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
2020[a] | Collingwood | 32 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 123 | 72 | 195 | 85 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 10.8 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0 |
2021 | Collingwood | 32 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 213 | 101 | 314 | 124 | 45 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 15.7 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0 |
2022 | Collingwood | 32 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 203 | 115 | 318 | 98 | 51 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0 |
2023# | Collingwood | 32 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 199 | 87 | 286 | 92 | 47 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
Career | 204 | 169 | 90 | 1833 | 921 | 2754 | 1022 | 419 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 11 |
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
[edit]Team
References
[edit]- ^ "AFL draftees". North Sunshine. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "HOSKIN-ELLIOTT TO LIVE CHILDHOOD DREAM". Western Region Football League. 26 September 2018.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (22 November 2011). "Quiet achiever lets actions do the talking". The Age.
- ^ D'Anello, Luke (25 November 2011). "Western Jets players Will Hoskin-Elliott and Elliott Kavanagh depart for AFL". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Vic Metro Win National Champs". TAC Cup. 7 June 2011.
- ^ Schmook, Nathan (19 June 2011). "Vic Metro shades WA". Australian Football League. Toyota.
- ^ Phelan, Jason (9 July 2011). "Metro dominate AA selections". Australian Football League. Toyota. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
- ^ "2011 AFL draft: order of selection". The Age. 24 November 2011.
- ^ Curley, Adam (12 October 2017). "Foundation Giants: Where are they all now?". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- ^ "TAC Cup Draftees Make GWS Debut". TAC Cup. 26 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Curley, Adam (20 October 2016). "Speedy Giants midfielder Will Hoskin-Elliott joins Magpies". Australian Football League. Bigpond. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "GWS Giant Will Hoskin-Elliott takes Mark of the Year contender against Geelong". Fox Sports. 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Hawks pull off Jaeger O'Meara AFL trade deal as Hoskin-Elliott joins Magpies". The Guardian. 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b Allen, Sarah (20 October 2016). "Hoskin-Elliott at home with the Pies". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018.
- ^ Bowen, Nick (4 June 2018). "Life-work balance pays off for Hoskin-Elliott". Australian Football League. Telstra Media.
- ^ Gleeson, Michael (5 September 2018). "A Pie by sheer Will power". The Age.
- ^ Higgins, Billy (26 September 2018). "Young pair set for milestone matches". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- ^ a b c Collins, Ben (10 June 2019). "The inside story of the delay to Hoskin-Elliott's season". Collingwood. Telstra Media.
- ^ McClure, Sam (12 February 2019). "AFL injuries on the rise, but not at Pies". The Age.
- ^ Collins, Ben (23 April 2015). "Giant mystery behind Hoskin-Elliott's family history". Australian Football League. Bigpond.
- ^ Colangelo, Anthony (12 May 2018). "Hoskin-Elliott won't change, and he doesn't need to". The Age.
- ^ @CollingwoodFC (22 May 2018). "Welcome to the world, Flynn Hoskin-Elliott!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Will Hoskin-Elliott stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Will Hoskin-Elliott's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
- Will Hoskin-Elliott's playing statistics from AFL Tables