Will Hoskin-Elliott | |
Fullname: | William Hoskin-Elliott |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1993 |
Birth Place: | Sunshine West, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Western Jets (TAC Cup)/North Sunshine |
Draftpick: | No. 4, 2011 national draft |
Height: | 186 cm |
Weight: | 82 kg |
Position: | Midfielder |
Guernsey: | 32 |
Years1: | 2012–2016 |
Games Goals1: | 52 (42) |
Years2: | 2017– |
Games Goals2: | 171 (143) |
Games Goalstotal: | 223 (185) |
Statsend: | round 23, 2024 |
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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.
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]
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. 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. 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.[11]
At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Hoskin-Elliott was traded to Collingwood for their second round pick of the 2017 AFL draft.[12] [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]
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.
Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[23] |-| 2012 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 32| 24 || 14 || 7 || 203 || 115 || 318 || 98 || 51 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 8.5 || 4.8 || 13.3 || 4.1 || 2.1 || 0|-| bgcolor=F0E68C | 2023# || || 32| 23 || 10 || 4 || 199 || 87 || 286 || 92 || 47 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 8.7 || 3.8 || 12.4 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 0|- class=sortbottom! colspan=3 | Career! 204! 169! 90! 1833! 921! 2754! 1022! 419! 0.8! 0.4! 9.0! 4.5! 13.5! 5.0! 2.1! 11|}
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