Hockey

Congratulations to the Ireland Men’s Hockey Team who came through a pulsating 2-2 draw with Belgium to make history by reaching the semi-finals of the EuroHockey Championships for the first time. Going into the final Pool B game, Ireland’s qualification fate was in the balance, as they were level on points with Belgium, but held

Facing the current European and Olympic gold medallists was always going to be a tough task for Craig Fulton’s squad but it took the Germans 54 minutes before they could find a crack in the Irish defence. A Florian Fuchs wonder goal in the 56th minute sealed the German victory but the Green Machine can

Head Coach Craig Fulton has named his 18-man team that will compete at the upcoming Eurohockey Championships in London (August 21st-30th). Fulton has named an experienced team with Eugene Magee and Ronan Gormley having well over 400 caps between them. Fulton’s team recently finished 5th at World League in Antwerp, 2 places higher than their

Ireland men’s hockey team moved a step closer to the 2016 Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Pakistan in the World League tournament in Antwerp. Alan Sothern scored the only goal in the first minute of the fourth quarter to book Ireland’s place in Sunday’s fifth-place play-off. Victory against Malaysia or France will boost the

Congratulations to the Ireland women’s hockey team who got off to a great start by defeating South Africa in Valencia. Nikki Evans’ hat trick inspired Ireland to an opening game 4-1 win over South Africa, starting their Hockey World League semi-final in style in Valencia. She took just five minutes to break the deadlock, ghosting

Ronan Gormley is set to become the first male hockey player to reach 200 Irish international caps when he lines out for the national team against the Olympic champions, Germany, next Monday in Krefeld.   It will be the first of two ties against the Germans as Ireland, coached by Craig Fulton, ramp up their preparations

Congratulations once again to the Ireland Women’s Hockey Team. Aine Connery’s nerveless penalty saw Ireland land the World League Round 2 title at Belfield, completing a perfect week with a final victory over Canada. It came at the end of a pulsating final that ended 1-1, Nikki Evans and Holly Stewart netting close range goals

Following the completion of the Hockey World League Round 2 events in Singapore, San Diego and Cape Town, we can now reveal the line-ups for the men’s Semi-Final (Round 3) events that will take place in Buenos Aires (ARG) and Antwerp (BEL) later this year. The Semi-Final phase really is the business end of the Hockey World League, where

Ireland took a big step toward progressing their Olympic qualification ambitions with a 2-0 quarter-final win over Lithuania in Belfield from the UDG Healthcare World League Round Two.   The win sets up a semi-final date with Belarus where a win would ensure they earn a ticket to round three of the World League –

Ireland with two wins in their opening matches made a solid start to their World League 2 #RoadtoRio tournament at Belfield. Yesterday against Canada set piece goals from Aine Connery and Kate Dillon saw Ireland defeated Canada 2-1 in front of packed house. It continues their confident start to the tournament, which forms part of