William "Will" 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.
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 | (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 29) | ||
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 | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Collingwood | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2012–2016 | Greater Western Sydney | 052 0(42) | |
2017– | Collingwood | 129 (117) | |
Total | 181 (159) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Hoskin-Elliott played junior football for North Sunshine in the Western Region Football League (WRFL).[1] During his time at the club he kicked 223 goals in 106 games, including 66 goals he kicked in the 2005 season, in which he won the Under-12 Division 3 best and fairest award. Three years later, in the 2008 season, he 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 County[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.[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 taking a screamer which was a Mark of the Year contender.[12]
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, 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] 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] Followed by a daughter Ivy in April 2021
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[23]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
Career | 181 | 159 | 86 | 1634 | 834 | 2468 | 930 | 372 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 11 |
Notes
Team
Collingwood Football Club – current squad | |
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* denotes rookie listed players |
Inaugural Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL team | |
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Greater Western Sydney defeated by Sydney 5.7 (37) to 14.16 (100), round 1, 2012, at Stadium Australia |