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Ollie Wines
Wines playing for Port Adelaide in 2018
Personal information
Full name Oliver Wines
Born (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 31)
Echuca, Victoria
Original team Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 7, 2012 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2013, Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Port Adelaide 290 (105)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 22, 2026.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Oliver Wines (born 7 October 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Wines served as Port Adelaide co-captain in the 2019 season. In 2021, he won a Brownlow Medal, polling a then record-equalling 36 votes, and won selection in the 2021 All-Australian team and the John Cahill Medal.

Early life

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Wines played his junior football at the Echuca Football Club and for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup before being drafted by Port Adelaide in the 2012 AFL draft. Wines attended Goulburn Valley Grammar School, in Shepparton. Wines' great uncle was Clinton Wines, who played 39 games for Carlton during the 1940s, including the 1945 VFL premiership.[1] As a boy, Wines would often call into Rex Hunt's talk back radio show on 3AW where he would ask questions about Andrew Walker's statistics.[2]

AFL career

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Prior to the 2012 AFL draft, Wines was predicted to go to the Melbourne Football Club along with Jack Viney, his best friend who attended the same primary school at Echuca and was already a father–son selection pick with Melbourne.[3] Instead, he was overlooked by Melbourne and was drafted by Port Adelaide with their first selection, pick seven, in the 2012 national draft.[4] He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2013 AFL season at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 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,[5] earning him the Round 1 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star.[6] He ended up finishing third in the Rising Star with 26 votes.[7]

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 Carlton—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.[8]

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 North Melbourne, 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 Western Bulldogs in Round 10 and Collingwood in Round 15. He received the three Brownlow Medal 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 St Kilda, requiring a full reconstruction.[citation needed]

In February 2019, Wines was announced as one of the club's first-ever co-captains, alongside Tom Jonas. 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.[9][10] Wines was made vice-captain in 2020, with Jonas assuming sole responsibility for the captaincy.[citation needed]

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 2019 AFL season 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.[citation needed]

In June 2020, Wines was suspended for one match for breaching AFL COVID-19 protocols, after he conducted an interview with Channel Seven at the front of his house, with this suspension causing him to miss the season's only Showdown.[11]

Wines had an outstanding season in 2021, which led to him being awarded the 2021 Brownlow Medal.[12]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.[13]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  ±  
 Won that season's 
Brownlow Medal
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2013Port Adelaide16 2481021523645180930.30.49.09.818.83.33.91
2014Port Adelaide16 251413251358609711240.60.510.014.324.42.85.05
2015Port Adelaide16 134214916931835680.30.211.513.024.52.75.26
2016Port Adelaide16 221113262314576631280.50.611.914.326.22.95.811
2017Port Adelaide16 231516284344628791170.70.712.315.027.33.45.118
2018Port Adelaide16 2249269305574721110.20.412.213.926.13.35.014
2019Port Adelaide16 127413516830341590.60.311.314.025.33.44.96
2020[a]Port Adelaide16 178517719437130640.50.310.411.421.81.83.810
2021Port Adelaide16 2410153624157771001050.40.615.117.332.44.24.436±
2022Port Adelaide16 2161126433259684840.30.512.615.828.44.04.013
2023Port Adelaide16 256520134254384850.20.28.013.721.73.43.40
2024Port Adelaide16 257102513375881031190.30.410.013.523.54.14.811
2025Port Adelaide16 203719731150877860.20.49.915.625.43.94.32
2026Port Adelaide16 172312323335666640.10.27.213.720.93.93.80
Career 29010512331404058719898513070.40.410.814.024.83.44.5133

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

Personal life

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In May 2025, Wines and his partner Olivia announced that they were expecting their first child.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ Edmund, Sam (14 October 2019). "Carlton was approached to consider a shock trade for Port Adelaide skipper Ollie Wines". Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Stevenson, Ross; Howcroft, Russell (20 September 2021). "Brownlow medallist Ollie Wines reveals his link to 3AW as a youngster". 3AW963 News Talk. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Sam Landsberger and Jay Clark (21 November 2012) Demons deny Jack Viney his dream as they opt for late change with Jimmy Toumpas in draft selection. Herald Sun
  4. ↑ "Ace Power recruit Ollie Wines ready for battle". Adelaidenow. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Hanlon, Peter (1 April 2013). "Bad from the word go".
  6. ↑ "Wines the round one rising star". AFL BigPond Network. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Crouch runner-up in Rising Star". afc.com.au. 4 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (3 October 2014). "Robbie Gray wins John Cahill Medal — his first club champion title at Port Adelaide Football Club". The Advertiser. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  9. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (21 February 2019). "Hinkley urges fans to back controversial captaincy decision". afl.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Jonas and Wines partner to lead Port into the future". portadelaidefc.com.au. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "UPDATE: Power star banned from Showdown for COVID-19 breach". 11 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "OLLIE'S BROWNLOW: Record-equalling Wines pips Bont in thriller". afl.com.au. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Ollie Wines". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Sam Goodwin (12 May 2025). "AFL world sends outpouring of messages over news about Ollie Wines and partner Olivia". au.news.yahoo.com.
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