Tia Hinds
Australian rugby union player
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Tia Hinds (born 5 November 2002)[1] is an Australian rugby union player and two-time Olympian.
| Born | 5 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
Sevens
Hinds was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14–12 in the quarterfinals.[3]
Hinds won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[4][5][6] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022.[7][8]
2024 Summer Olympics
In 2024, Hinds was named in Australia's sevens side for the sevens tournament at the Summer Olympics in Paris.[9][10] With 22 points from 11 conversions from 19 attempts, Hinds was Australia's second highest points scorer at the tournament.[11] A missed conversion in the bronze medal match allowed the US to win the match when they scored a last-minute converted try.
XVs
Hinds made her international fifteens debut for the Wallaroos against Fiji on 3 May 2025 at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.[12][13] She was named in the side for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[14][15]