Sarah Hosking

Sarah Hosking
Hosking with Richmond in February 2021
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Hosking
Date of birth	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29)
Original team(s)	Seaford (VFLW)
Draft	No. 19, 2016 national draft
Debut	Round 1, 2017, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	7
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2017–2020	Carlton	30 (5)
2021–	Richmond	33 (3)
Total		63 (8)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2017	Victoria	1 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. ^2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Sarah Hosking (born 2 December 1995) is an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Carlton Football Club from 2017 to 2020. Hosking represented Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match in 2017, and is the identical twin sister of Richmond team-mate Jess Hosking.

Early life

Hosking was born a minute earlier than her twin sister Jess.[1] Both formerly played netball in their youth and were playing for Seaford in the VFL Women's (VFLW) prior to being drafted.[2]

AFL Women's career

Sarah (left) and Jess Hosking with Carlton in 2019

Carlton (2017–2020)

Hosking was drafted by Carlton with the club's third selection and nineteenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[3] She made her debut in the inaugural AFL Women's match against Collingwood at Ikon Park[4] while her sister Jess missed the inaugural season with a left anterior cruciate ligament injury, making her debut in the corresponding match the following year.[2] On 2 September 2017, Hosking played for Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match.[5]

In 2018, Hosking recorded a then-league record 16 tackles in Carlton's round 2 win against Greater Western Sydney in heavy rain.[6] Her record was broken two weeks later when Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff recorded 21 tackles, a national senior-level record, in similar conditions against the same opponent in round 4.[7]

Richmond (2021–present)

In August 2020, Hosking was traded to Richmond for an end-of-first-round draft selection.[8][9][10]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 4, 2023.[11]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2017	Carlton	10	7	2	0	35	28	63	11	17	0.3	0.0	5.0	4.0	9.0	1.6	2.4	0
2018	Carlton	10	7	0	1	45	39	84	12	40	0.0	0.1	6.4	5.6	12.0	1.7	5.7	1
2019	Carlton	10	9	1	2	55	32	87	19	27	0.1	0.2	6.1	3.6	9.7	2.1	3.0	3
2020	Carlton	10	7	2	1	51	31	82	18	22	0.3	0.1	7.3	4.4	11.7	2.6	3.1	0
2021	Richmond	7	9	1	3	73	56	129	31	38	0.1	0.3	8.1	6.2	14.3	3.4	4.2	0
2022 (S6)	Richmond	7	9	0	3	56	60	116	16	46	0.0	0.3	6.2	6.7	12.9	1.8	5.1
2022 (S7)	Richmond	7	7	1	1	59	50	109	20	38	0.1	0.1	6.7	8.4	7.1	2.9	5.4
2023	Richmond	7	3	0	0	19	13	32	7	9	0.0	0.0	6.3	4.3	10.6	2.3	3.0
Career			58	7	11	393	309	702	134	235	0.1	0.2	6.8	5.3	12.1	2.3	4.1	4

Honours and achievements

Individual

• Victoria representative honours in AFL Women's State of Origin: 2017

References

1. Pountney, Tom (2 December 2017). "AFLW: 'Forgotten' twin's turn to shine". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. Saultry, Meg (2 March 2018). "AFLW: Blues' 'package deal' pair on song". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
3. Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
4. Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
5. Black, Sarah (2 September 2017). "AFLW: Daisy stands tall as Big V dominates". afl.com.au. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
6. Stuart, Riley (9 February 2018). "AFLW: Blues topple Giants after storm delay". afl.com.au. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
7. Beveridge, Riley (25 February 2018). "AFLW: Round 4, GWS Giants v Adelaide Crows". Fox Sports (Australia). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
8. Black, Sarah (3 August 2020). "Trade wrap: Tough Blue now a Tiger, Roos boost midfield". womens.afl. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
9. Hope, Shayne (3 August 2020). "Richmond productive in AFLW trade period". Seven News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
10. "Hosking becomes a Tiger". richmondfc.com.au. Telstra Media. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
11. "Sarah Hosking". Australian Football. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

• Sarah Hosking's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
• Sarah Hosking at AustralianFootball.com