Sarah Hosking (born 2 December 1995) is an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, ...

(AFLW). She previously played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of ...

from 2017 to 2020. Hosking represented

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match in 2017, and is the identical twin sister of Richmond team-mate

Jess Hosking Jess Hosking (born 2 December 1995) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has an identical twin sister, Sarah, who also plays for Richmond Football Club. Hosking was drafted by ...

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. The league initially comprised the six premier division clubs and the top four division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football ...

(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 inaugural season in 2017. Draftees and signings over the period were required to have ...

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

Ikon Park Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venue ...

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 also called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation ...

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

Ebony Marinoff Ebony Marinoff (born 15 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Marinoff is a three-time AFL Women's premiership player and five-time AFL Women's All-Australian, and ...

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

External links

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