Sarah Hosking


Sarah Hosking is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's. Hosking represented Victoria in the inaugural AFL Women's State of Origin match in 2017. She is the identical twin sister of fellow Carlton player 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 Seaford in the VFL Women's prior to being drafted.

AFL Women's career

Hosking was drafted by with the club's third selection and nineteenth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the inaugural AFL Women's match against at Ikon Park 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. On 2 September, Hosking played for Victoria 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 recorded 21 tackles, a national senior-level record, in similar conditions against the same opponent in round 4.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual