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| Full name | Oliver Matthew David Hoskins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Scotch College, Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 Green King IPA Championship side London Irish for the 2016-17 season. [7] Hoskins was a regular starter as Irish were promoted at the close of the 2016-17 RFU Championship season. Earning 24 caps in total. [8] 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.
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. [9] [10] [11]
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.
| 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 | |
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