Commonwealth Games Review

The New Zealand men’s hockey team has kept their hopes of making it to the finals after beating Canada 4-1 in their preliminary game this morning in Melbourne.

India and Malaysia have ended their Men’s Hockey pool match with a 1-1 draw. Goals went to Sandeep Singh for India and Amin Rahim Muhamad for Malaysia.

England has beaten New Zealand 4-3 in their Commonwealth Games preliminary pool match. Blair Hopping, Bevan Hari and Hayden Shaw all scored a goal each for New Zealand while Richard Alexander, Matthew Daly, Barry Middleton and Simon Mantell each scored for England.

New Zealand has named an experienced side to take on the rest of the Commonwealth at the Games in Melbourne including 10 players that were part of the team that came sixth at the Athens Olympics.
Shirt # Player Name NHL Team Age Caps Position
4 Darren Smith North Harbour 32 198 Midfielder
7 Blair Hopping North Harbour […]

Australia will field all but three of its victorious Athens Olympics men’s hockey squad at next month’s Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
Squads:
MEN: Travis Brooks (VIC), Dean Butler (QLD), Liam De Young (QLD), Luke Doerner (VIC), Jamie Dwyer (QLD), Nathan Eglington (QLD), Bevan George (WA), Robert Hammond (QLD), Aaron Hopkins (WA), Mark Knowles (QLD), Stephen Lambert (QLD), Brent […]

Several senior players, including striker Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur have been dropped from the 20-member team for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan and the Commonwealth Games.
Besides the two star strikers, Prabhjot Singh, V Raja and midfielder Viren Rasquinha have also been excluded from the team.
Squad:Goalkeepers: Bharath Kumar Chetri and Adrian D’ Souza.Fullbacks: […]

Craig Victory is hoping that he can convince the national selectors that he is worthy of a place in the Kookaburras team to compete at the Commonwealth Games. Having missed out on selection for the Athens Olympics and the Champions Trophy due to injury, Victory must be nervous heading into the final week of […]

World number one, Olympic champions and Champions Trophy winners, the Australian Men’s Hockey team will play a five test series against Pakistan starting in Melbourne on Friday as part of their final preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
Since winning the gold medal four years ago in Manchester, the Kookaburras have gone from strength to strength and […]

England’s squad for the Commonwealth Games is so fresh that only the Captain, Brett Garrard, has played a Commonwealth Games event before. In fact, only four players were part of the Athens Olympic squad two years ago.
The team is aiming to win every game, of course, but have set their eyes firmly on beating […]

Twenty players will make up the Australian Men’s Hockey team, the Kookaburras, that will play a five test series against Spain next week before coach Barry Dancer has to cut six of the players leaving 16 to compete in the team at the Commonwealth Games.
Bevan George, Dean Butler, Brent Livermore, Michael McCann and Travis Brooks […]

Melbourne Commonwealth Games: Hockey: Men’s: Review, Results and Medalists
The Men’s event is part of the Hockey discipline
Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal winners for the Men’s event will be announced below as results come to hand from Melbourne.
Keep up to date with all the latest Men’s news, information and results as well as all the […]

Melbourne Commonwealth Games: Hockey: Men’s: Review, Results and Medalists
The Men’s event is part of the Hockey discipline
Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal winners for the Men’s event will be announced below as results come to hand from Melbourne.
Keep up to date with all the latest Men’s news, information and results as well as all the […]