Tia Hinds

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Tia Hinds
Date of birth (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2025 ACT Brumbies (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2025– Australia 6 (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2022– Australia 113 (479 points)
Correct as of 8 May 2025
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Rugby Sevens World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Tia Hinds (born 5 November 2002) [1] is an Australian rugby union player and two-time Olympian.

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Rugby career

Sevens

Hinds was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14–12 in the quarterfinals. [3]

Hinds won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [4] [5] [6] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. [7] [8]

2024 Summer Olympics

In 2024, Hinds was named in Australia's sevens side for the sevens tournament at the Summer Olympics in Paris. [9] [10] With 22 points from 11 conversions from 19 attempts, Hinds was Australia's second highest points scorer at the tournament. [11] A missed conversion in the bronze medal match allowed the US to win the match when they scored a last-minute converted try.

XVs

Hinds made her international fifteens debut for the Wallaroos against Fiji on 3 May 2025 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva. [12] [13] She was named in the side for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [14] [15]

References

  1. "Tia Hinds | Player Profile | AU7s".
  2. Williamson, Nathan (2 July 2021). "Australia announces Olympic Sevens squads | Latest Rugby News | RUGBY.com.au". www.rugby.com.au.
  3. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. Williamson, Nathan (5 July 2022). "Sevens squad confirmed for Commonwealth Games". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. Williamson, Nathan (31 July 2022). "Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. "Australia women win Sevens World Cup". Rugby World. 11 September 2022.
  8. "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". Rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022.
  9. "Rugby Sevens launches Australia's Olympics campaign tonight". www.rugby.com.au. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  10. "Paris 2024 Olympics: Charlotte Caslick, Nicholas Malouf to Captain Australian Rugby Sevens Teams - Full Squads". olympics.com. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. "Individual Overall Scoring Statistics" (PDF). olympics.com. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. "Wallaroos launch their campaign in style as debutantes stand tall - but injuries will hurt ahead of Pacific Four Series". www.theroar.com.au. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  13. Morton, Finn (30 April 2025). "Charlotte Caslick among six potential debutants in Wallaroos team for Fiji". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  14. "Wallaroos announce squad for Rugby World Cup 2025". Rugby Australia. 4 August 2025. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  15. "Injury boosts as Australia names squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)