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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 »

Hockey One 2023 Finals countdown: Four stories you need to know

By KATE ALLMAN The JDH Hockey One League 2023 Finals are here and the forecast shows a strong chance of unmissable matches and elite international talent in Canberra. There’s double Pride on the line, plus a chance for the home side Canberra Chill to ice a championship for the first time. Here are four things for fans to wa read more »

Tigers nursing broken paws: The biggest stories to watch in Round 5

By KATE ALLMAN Casualty ward: four Tassie Tigers nursing broken hands It’s almost a rite of passage to cop a whack to the hand at some point in a hockey player’s career. However, it’s probably less than usual for four players in a single franchise to be suffering severe hand injuries at the same time. Far less in a s 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 »

State of origin rivalries headline Round 2 of JDH Hockey One League

Two fierce and traditional interstate sporting rivalries will reignite in Round 2 of the JDH Hockey One League this weekend. The longstanding cross border rivalry between Victoria and South Australia will be on full display when HC Melbourne host Adelaide Fire at Melbourne Sports Centre – Parkville tomorrow night to start the 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 »

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 »

Sultana Bran Hockey One League 2021 Season put on hold

Season 2 of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League has been pushed back and will not begin as scheduled due to the current COVID situation in many parts of the country. The second season of Australia’s premier domestic men’s and women’s hockey competition was set to start on 1 October and run until mid November. However, th read more »

Perth Thundersticks announce extended squads for 2021

Hockey WA is proud to announce the men's and women's Perth Thundersticks squads for 2021 after the successful completion of the second Ric Charlesworth Classic. The Thundersticks, WA's senior state hockey franchise competing in the Sultana Bran Hockey One League, commence their campaigns on Saturday, 2 October at Perth Hockey St read more »