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NSW Pride duo named Women’s and Men’s 2023 League MVPs

A Hockeyroo and Kookaburra from NSW Pride have claimed the respective JDH Hockey One League 2023 Women’s and Men’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards. Midfielder Kaitlin Nobbs was named the league’s Women’s MVP, while striker Tim Brand took home the Men’s MVP after both had standout seasons. Nobbs, who returned to th read more »

Brisbane Blaze crowned champions in epic decider

The Brisbane Blaze have proven to be the shootout kings at the Finals Main Event after emerging 5-3 winners on penalties after an epic JDH Hockey One League Men’s Grand Final decider with NSW Pride was locked 3-3 after full time. After claiming an unprecedented 10-9 penalty shootout win to emerge from their semi final the prev read more »

Brisbane Blaze Women win second Hockey One League title

Brisbane Blaze Women have returned to the JDH Hockey One League summit after a blistering final quarter performance lifted them to a 4-1 grand final win against a gallant Canberra Chill side. Brisbane redeemed themselves from last year’s grand final defeat with a commanding second half. In a fierce opening term that saw sev read more »

Grand finalists decided on cracking semi final day

Two thrilling penalty shootouts bookended an enthralling four semi finals of the JDH Hockey One League at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra. Brisbane Blaze will meet an inspired Canberra Chill riding the home support in tomorrow’s women’s grand final, while NSW Pride Men, who are chasing a three-peat, will take on Brisb read more »

JDH Hockey One League Champions to be decided this weekend

After nearly two months of world class hockey around the country, the finalists of the JDH Hockey One League 2023 Season have been determined with the Finals Series set to play out in the nation’s capital this weekend. The National Hockey Centre in Canberra will play host to the top four men’s and women’s teams, with semi- read more »

Evans confident ahead of cross border clash with NSW Pride

A historic state rivalry will see a new chapter written when Canberra Chill and NSW Pride battle it out for bragging rights in a decisive JDH Hockey One League double header on Saturday. Former Hockeyroo and Canberra Chill captain Naomi Evans is no stranger to the added spice that comes when ACT and NSW teams come up against eac read more »

Chill ready to bring the heat to Canberra

Canberra will host the finals series of the 2023 JDH Hockey One League and the hometown teams will be hoping to play a major part in what will be one of the biggest occasions for the sport prior to Paris 2024. For Canberra Chill men’s captain, Jake Staines, the memories of last season’s finals series are not ones he’d like read more »

Blaze ready to dent the Pride of NSW

To say the Brisbane Blaze men’s team would like to turn the tables on NSW Pride when they meet this weekend in the JDH Hockey One League is quite the understatement. Not only did the Pride defeat Brisbane in the inaugural season’s final, NSW also beat the Blaze in the 2022 semi-finals after the Queensland side topped the tab read more »

Matching results sees Thundersticks scorch the Chill

A pair of convincing 4-1 victories has seen the Perth Thundersticks stake their JDH Hockey One League title claims on home soil in a perfect opening round double-header against gallant Canberra Chill sides. The Thundersticks star men’s recruit James Day scored a hat-trick in a best afield display to crush the hopes of his form read more »

The 2023 JDH Hockey One League – The Teams, The Players, Their Prospects

The signing of an Indian superstar, a new naming rights sponsor and hot competition over Australian Olympic selection is whipping hockey fans into a fever as the Hockey One League returns in 2023.  The eight-week spectacle of world class men’s and women’s hockey double headers across the country is further set to explode af read more »