Muckross Park and the High School completed the Leinster Schoolgirls Senior Cup quarter-final line-up with their respective wins over Loreto Dalkey and St Gerard’s while Newbridge are in the semis.
Newpark Comprehensive and Muckross Park face off today (2pm, Three Rock Rovers) in the Leinster Junior Cup, the first major schoolgirls final of the 2018/19 season.
1983 Hockey World Cup medalist Patricia Heberle has been named as the Olympic Federation of Ireland’s Chef de Mission for the 2019 European Games in Minsk and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The King’s Hospital School recently opened its second all-weather hockey pitch. To mark this occasion, past pupils and Irish internationals Pamela Smithwick and Alan Giles attended a ceremony to cut the ribbon and officially open the pitch.
Rathgar continued their incredible turnaround in form as they came from 2-0 down to beat Naas 3-2 to make it three wins in succession.
Late goals proved the order of the day as UCD and Avoca both scored very late wins in men’s Leinster Division One to take the spoils in their respective ties.
Catholic Institute, Trinity, UCC and Lurgan made the big moves to complete the pre-Christmas phase of the women’s EY Hockey League Division 2 which is now at the halfway point.
UCD won a late thriller against Corinthian 4-3 win in men's Division One; the big guns largely advance in the men's IJC; on the women's side, Trinity, Insta, UCC and Lurgan picked up wins while Rathgar produced comeback of the day
With emotions still raw in the wake of their World Cup departure, the Irish squad attempted to put into words their feelings following their departure from the competition.
Ireland’s World Cup crossover hopes came to a crushing end at the hands of England, leaving them bottom of Pool B in Bhubaneswar.
Conor Harte says today’s showdown with England is Ireland’s “World Cup final” with a draw or better required against the world number seven side.
The final series of EYHL Division 2 games for 2018 take the field on Saturday with the scramble for points intensifying across the groups.
Dave Passmore and Kenny Carroll have been confirmed as the women’s and men’s national indoor team coaches as Ireland looks to return to international action after a couple of decades away.
Corinthian and Pembroke both put together strong comebacks to advance to the last four of the Mills Cup last Sunday, seeing off Portrane and Kilkenny respectively; Railway and UCD progress their Leinster Division One chances
Newpark Comprehensive made the breakthrough at Junior A Cup level as they produced a superb second half performance to beat St Andrew’s, Booterstown 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
Ayeisha McFerran was awarded the full set as she was named in the 2018 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I All-America honors.
Chris Cargo has hailed the “amazing” World Cup atmosphere as Bhubaneswar and the Indian crowds have gone wild for the event, turning the city into a mecca for hockey.
A small but vocal Irish supporter's group has made the lengthy trip to Bhubaneswar to cheer on the boys in green; chief among them - in his customised shamrock suit - is Billy Pollock who has penned this letter from the World Cup for the Hook!
Ireland were left to reflect on a frustrating evening in Bhubaneswar as China’s compact gameplan saw them cling on for a draw, leaving the Green Machine to go down to the wire on Friday against England.
Having seen their plans of an ambush against world number one side Australia fall just short, Ireland’s men now assume the opposite role as they look avoid the trap laid by China today in their second World Cup group game (1.30pm, BT Sport).
In the wake of the Irish game with Australia game, the Irish players reflected on a strong performance against the world number one side that ultimately ended in a 2-1 defeat. Here is what David Harte, Shane O'Donoghue and Matthew Nelson had to say:
Muckross finally turned a strong performance into a result as they beat Old Alex 3-0 in the second round of the Irish Senior Cup, a big turnaround from their 5-1 league loss to the same opponent; ISC and IHT round-up
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