Eliza Hynes

Eliza Hynes
Eliza Hynes
	Hynes playing Australian rules football with Collingwood in February 2019
Born	29 January 1992 (age 32); Bendigo, Australia
Nationality	Australian
	Volleyball career
Personal information
Height	183 cm (72 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Spike	305 cm (120 in)
Block	292 cm (115 in)
Volleyball information
Number	15 (national team)
Career
2013	Victoria Volleyball Academy
National team
2013–	Australia
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at IKON Park
Personal information
Debut	Round 1, 2018, Collingwood vs. Carlton, at IKON Park
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	Forward / ruck
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	11
Playing career1
Years	Club
2018–2020	Collingwood
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Eliza Karley Hynes (born 29 January 1992) is an Australian volleyball and beach volleyball player, and an Australian rules footballer.

Volleyball career

Hynes played beach volleyball together with Taliqua Clancy from 2010 to 2012. They won the bronze medal at the 2010 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships.^[1]

She was first selected to be part of the senior Australia women's national volleyball team for a tour of Vietnam in March, 2013.^[2] She then participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. At club level she played professionally for Orivesi's OrPo volleyball club in Finland's national women's league in 2013,^[2] and for Victoria Volleyball Academy in 2014.^[3]

On 21 May 2017, it was reported that Hynes had been signed by Collingwood as a rookie for the 2018 AFL Women's season. She had no prior experience playing Australian football, but hopes to play as a forward.^[4]^[5]

On 4 June 2018, Hynes was elevated to Collingwood's senior list ahead of the 2019 season.^[6]

In June 2020, Hynes retired from football.^[7]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season.^[8]

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


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2018	Collingwood	11	2	0	0	4	6	10	1	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.5
2019	Collingwood	11	6	0	0	8	18	26	6	16	0.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.0	2.7
2020	Collingwood	11	3	0	0	7	9	16	2	6	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	5.3	0.7	2.0
Career			11	0	0	19	25	52	9	23	0.0	0.0	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.8	2.1

^ "Beach Volleyball". FIVB.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b Tuckerman, Raelee (20 September 2013). "Hynes serves it up". Bendigo Advertiser. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ "Team Roster – Australia". FIVB.org. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ Wood, Lauren (21 May 2017). "Whole new ball game for new Pies rookie". Herald Sun. News Corp. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ Cherny, Daniel (22 May 2017). "Melbourne chasing Carlton's Bianca Jakobsson; Collingwood sign volleyballer Eliza Hynes". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ Lechucki, Meagan (4 June 2018). "AFLW: Pies pocket early picks". Collingwood. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Hynes hangs up the boots". Collingwood. Telstra Media. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "Eliza Hynes - Player Stats By Season". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

"FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2014". Fivb.org. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
"Player – Eliza (Karley) Hynes – FIVB World Grand Prix 2016". Worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
Eliza Hynes's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
Eliza Hynes at AustralianFootball.com