Sarah Hosking (born 2 December 1995) is an

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er with the

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in the

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(AFLW). She previously played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...

from 2017 to 2020. Hosking represented

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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. Both formerly played netball in their youth and were playing for in the

VFL Women's VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victori ...

(VFLW) prior to being drafted.

AFL Women's career

Carlton (2017–2020)

Hosking was drafted by with the club's third selection and nineteenth overall in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition recruited players prior to the competition's 2017 AFL Women's season, inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the peri ...

. She made her debut in the inaugural AFL Women's match against at

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while her sister Jess missed the inaugural season with a left

anterior cruciate ligament The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. In ...

injury, making her debut in the corresponding match the following year. On 2 September 2017, Hosking played for

in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match. In 2018, Hosking recorded a then-league record 16 tackles in Carlton's round 2 win against in heavy rain. Her record was broken two weeks later when 's

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recorded 21 tackles, a national senior-level record, in similar conditions against the same opponent in round 4.

Richmond (2021–present)

In August 2020, Hosking was traded to for an end-of-first-round draft selection.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosking, Sarah Living people 1995 births Identical twins Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club (AFLW) players Australian people of Welsh descent