Oliver Wines (born 7 October 1994) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). Wines received a nomination for the

2013 AFL Rising Star The NAB AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 seas ...

award in Round 1 of the 2013 season, his debut match. He served as Port Adelaide co-captain in the 2019 season. Wines' standout 2021 season earned him a

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with a record-tying 36 votes (a record shared with

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tally).

Early life

Wines played his junior football at the

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and for the Bendigo Pioneers in the

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before being drafted by Port Adelaide in the 2012 AFL Draft. Wines attended

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, in Shepparton. Wines' great uncle was

Clinton Wines Clinton Wines (2 May 1922 – 23 October 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the mid-1940s. While at Carlton, Wines played as a centreman and it was in that position t ...

, who played 39 games for during the 1940s, including the 1945 VFL premiership. As a kid, Wines would often call into

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's talk back radio show on

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where he would ask questions about Andrew Walker's statistics.

AFL career

Prior to the 2012 AFL draft, Wines was predicted to go to the

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along with

Jack Viney Jack Viney (born 13 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Viney is capable of contributing as both an insid ...

, his best friend who attended the same primary school at

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and was already a father–son selection pick with Melbourne. Instead, he was overlooked by Melbourne and was drafted by Port Adelaide with their first selection, pick seven, in the 2012 national draft. He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the

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at the

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against Melbourne, which also featured his best friend, Jack Viney. Port Adelaide won the game by 79 points. In an impressive debut, Wines finished the game with 24 disposals including 16 contested possessions and one goal, earning him the Round 1 nomination for the

. He ended up finishing third in the Rising Star with 26 votes. Wines had a strong season in 2014 with thoughts that he may have been subject to the second year blues dispelled in Round 1 as he achieved career bests in many categories in Round 1 against —twenty-eight disposals, two goals, and nine tackles. He played in every game for the club primarily as an inside midfielder. In the finals, he averaged twenty-three disposals and kicked five goals across three games. At season's end, he placed equal sixth in the club's best and fairest and won his second consecutive Gavin Wanganeen medal as Port's best player under 21. After a stunning first two seasons, Wines' 2015 season was interrupted. He started the season strongly, averaging 28 disposals and a goal across the first two games before injuring his wrist in Round 2 against , sidelining him for a month. Wines returned to the side and quickly picked up where he had left off as Port's big-bodied inside midfield having a best on ground performance against the in Round 10 and in Round 15. He received the three

votes in both those games. Unfortunately for Wines, his season came to a premature end in Round 18 when he dislocated his shoulder early against , requiring a full reconstruction. In February 2019, Wines was announced as one of the club's first-ever co-captains, alongside

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. While traditionally the club's captain would wear the no. 1 guernsey during their captaincy, because there was more than one captain, the no. 1 guernsey was retired, and Wines retained his no. 16 guernsey. Wines was made vice-captain in 2020, with Jonas assuming sole responsibility for the captaincy. Wines endured a frustrating 2019 season, with an injury-interrupted pre-season occurred due to a shoulder operation as a result of a waterskiing incident over the Australia Day weekend. He returned from his shoulder injury in Round 3 of the

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with 19 disposals and a goal against the Brisbane Lions. Following a fracture in his fibula against the Pies in Round 7, Wines missed a further 7 games and returned in Round 14 to play another 3 in a row. He managed to play 12 games in 2019 and averaged 24.7 disposals. His 2021 season was outstanding, leading to him being awarded the 2021 Brownlow medal.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual * Port Adelaide co-captain: 2019 * 3× Gavin Wanganeen Medal: 2013, 2014, 2015 * 3× 22under22 team: 2015, 2016, 2017 *

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buc ...

nominee:

All Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ...

: 2021 *

: 2021

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wines, Ollie 1994 births Brownlow Medal winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Bendigo Pioneers players Living people People from Echuca Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)