International
Young Ireland side hit Scotland for six
October 24, 2017 | 562 views | Leave a commentA brilliant first half performance powered a youthful Ireland to a 6-2 win over Scotland at Banbridge in their second of three test matches this week.
Torrans makes big impact on debut for much changed Ireland
October 22, 2017 | 1,330 views | Leave a commentIreland’s women shared a 1-1 draw in their first of three test matches against Scotland this week as Jessica McMaster’s eighth-minute goal cancelled out a Charlotte Watson effort a minute earlier at Stormont.
Several Irish Under-21s get senior chance after Euro reprieve
October 5, 2017 | 398 views | Leave a commentThe Irish Under-21 women’s team had their status in the top tier of European competition assured thanks to an EHF executive board decision this week, keeping their hopes of playing in the 2020 Junior World Cup alive.
Spanish sickness leaves Irish U-21 women in Euro limbo
September 4, 2017 | 1,139 views | Leave a commentThe Irish Under-21 women’s fate in the top tier of the EuroHockey Junior Championships – and their subsequent 2020 Junior World Cup hopes – at the next meeting of the EHF Executive Board.
Caren and Irish junior men left to reflect on harsh realities of European relegation
September 4, 2017 | 1,150 views | Leave a commentIreland’s Under-21 men claimed their first win in the EuroHockey Junior Championships top tier since the turn of the century but it will be of cold comfort to Jonny Caren and his side who suffered relegation to the second tier for 2019.
Heavy defeat to England leaves Irish hopes hanging on 19-goal swing
September 2, 2017 | 827 views | Leave a commentIreland’s hopes of staying in the top tier of the Under-21 men’s EuroHockey Junior Championships are hanging by a thread with a 19-goal swing the only thing that could potentially save them a return to the B division and a lifeline for the 2020 Junior World Cup.
Belgian loss sees Irish men set for relegation pool
August 31, 2017 | 606 views | Leave a commentThe Irish Under-21 men ended their EuroHockey Junior Championship group phase in third place following a battling 3-1 loss to Belgium in Valencia, meaning they will battle to avoid relegation on the weekend.
Junior Green Army go down to the wire on Sunday
August 31, 2017 | 634 views | Leave a commentThe Irish Under-21 women’s EuroHockey Junior Championship hopes will go down to the final day when they meet either Spain or Belgium.
Nerveless Dale rescues Irish draw against Austria
August 30, 2017 | 974 views | Leave a commentJulian Dale’s 56th minute penalty stroke sealed what could be an important draw with Austria at the men’s EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.
Junior Green Army suffer painful late defeat to France
August 29, 2017 | 612 views | Leave a commentYohanna Lhopital’s 58th minute goal saw Ireland’s Junior Green Army fall to a gutting 1-0 defeat to France at a rain-drenched Valencia.
Tough openers for Irish Junior teams in Valencia
August 28, 2017 | 888 views | Leave a commentIn the aftermath of the senior EuroHockey Championships, the Irish Under-21s both suffered tough losses in the searing Valencia heat against two of the fancied sides.
Irish Under-21 Euros begin with maintaining top tier status the target
August 28, 2017 | 630 views | Leave a commentA day after the Irish senior teams finished their hectic summer, the Under-21 men and women begin their European campaigns with avoiding relegation the crucial target is either side is to make the Junior World Cup in three years time.
Ireland survive late scare to retain elite status; Fulton and Harte reflect on 2017
August 27, 2017 | 595 views | Leave a commentCraig Fulton and David Harte reflect on their final EuroHockey Championships tie against Austria and the state of the Irish men’s team following a hectic 2017 of three international tournaments.
Czech favour rescues Irish women’s Euro status
August 27, 2017 | 412 views | Leave a commentFrom flattening devastation to a reprieve, the Irish women’s side somehow managed to stay in the top tier of European hockey despite a harrowing 7-2 loss to Spain.
Spain defeat sends Irish Euro hopes to final tie
August 26, 2017 | 203 views | Leave a commentThe Irish men’s hopes of European survival will go down to the last day as, for the second time in two months, they found it impossible to unpick a mass Spanish defence.
Late Irish goals give Euro survival hopes big boost
August 24, 2017 | 335 views | Leave a commentLate goals from Roisin Upton and Anna O’Flanagan put the Irish women within a result of retaining their status at the top table of European hockey as they saw off the Czech Republic 3-1 in Amsterdam.
Irish hopes dashed as third quarter turns the tide
August 24, 2017 | 449 views | Leave a commentIreland’s hopes of back to back semi-finals at the European Championships came undone in Amsterdam as a pair of third-quarter English goals proved the difference.
Jackson family make Euro team sheet first
August 23, 2017 | 862 views | Leave a commentWhen Ireland’s men took the field against Germany in their opening Rabo EuroHockey Championships, it marked a family-first for the Jacksons.
Ireland regroup for relegation pool after German defeat in Pool B dead rubber
August 22, 2017 | 413 views | Leave a commentThree goals in the last 10 minutes saw Ireland’s women lose 5-1 to Germany at the European Championships in Amsterdam, leaving them in fourth place after the group stages.
English showdown set after demolition of Poland as Harte hits 200 cap mark
August 21, 2017 | 578 views | Leave a commentIreland’s men require a draw or better from their final group game against England to reach the European Championships for the second successive time following their 7-1 demolition of Poland.