2010 Men's Australian Hockey League

The 2010 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 20th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Queensland city of Brisbane.

2010 Men's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia Australia
Teams8
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsQueensland QLD Blades (6th title)
Runner-upNew South Wales NSW Waratahs
Third placeVictoria (state) VIC Vikings
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored255 (5.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)New South Wales Joshua Miller (14 goals)
Best playerNew South Wales Simon Orchard
Northern Territory Desmond Abbott
2009 (previous) (next) 2011

The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the ninth time by defeating the NSW Waratahs 4–3 in the final.[1]

Competition format

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The format included five round-matches over two weekends and a finals week that consisted of two round-matches and three pool matches for a place in the final.

After all the round matches were complete the teams were ranked 1–8 depending on the total number of points earned in all their round matches.

The teams ranked 1, 4, 6 & 8 progressed to Pool A, while teams ranked 2, 3, 5 & 7 progressed to Pool B. All previously earned points were removed with the teams in each pool playing each other once more. At the completion of the pool matches, the top team from each pool advanced to the League Final.[2]

Teams

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Results

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Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   VIC Vikings 7 6 0 1 26 17 +9 18 Pool A
2   QLD Blades 7 4 1 2 30 12 +18 13 Pool B
3   WA Thundersticks 7 4 1 2 22 10 +12 13
4   NSW Waratahs 7 4 0 3 27 21 +6 12 Pool A
5   Canberra Lakers 7 4 0 3 18 15 +3 12 Pool B
6   NT Stingers 7 2 0 5 12 23 −11 6
7   Tassie Tigers 7 2 0 5 18 34 −16 6 Pool A
8   Southern Hotshots 7 1 0 6 11 32 −21 3

Fixtures

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18 June 2010
VIC Vikings   5–0   Canberra Lakers
Webster   6'
Mirecki   25'48'
MacKinnon   25'
Wischusen   70'
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Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
18 June 2010
NT Stingers   1–4   WA Thundersticks
Abbott   54' Report Kavanagh   6'
Jacobs   41'
Park   61'
Taylor   67'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
18 June 2010
NSW Waratahs   6–3   Tassie Tigers
Paterson   26'47'
Matheson   31'
Orchard   32'35'54'
Report Ockenden   3'
Cock   22'
Middleton   48'
Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
18 June 2010
Southern Hotshots   3–2   QLD Blades
Hughes   21'
Wickham   31'
Schubert   38'
Report De Young   19'
Knowles   70'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

19 June 2010
Tassie Tigers   4–5   VIC Vikings
Cock   25'
Ancher   46'
Simpson   58'
Tremayne   67'
Report McLennan   10'33'
Ford   15'
Wischusen   26'29'
Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
19 June 2010
NSW Waratahs   4–2   Canberra Lakers
Sutherland   8'
Miller   9'56'
Orchard   13'
Report D. Hotchkis   37'
Conroy   66'
Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
19 June 2010
WA Thundersticks   1–1   QLD Blades
Mitton   62' Report Whetton   18'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
19 June 2010
Southern Hotshots   0–2   NT Stingers
Report T. Carroll   3'
Ginolfi   36'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

20 June 2010
Canberra Lakers   1–2   Tassie Tigers
Turner   8' Report Cock   32'46'
Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
20 June 2010
QLD Blades   4–1   NT Stingers
Whetton   29'
Wilson   32'53'
Gohdes   70'
Report Gabriel   50'
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide
20 June 2010
VIC Vikings   4–2   NSW Waratahs
McLennan   5'19'
Ford   34'
MacKinnon   56'
Report Matheson   28'
Miller   47'
Stadium:
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
20 June 2010
WA Thundersticks   7–0   Southern Hotshots
Taylor   1'
Boyce   8'
Mitton   10'12'41'
Kavanagh   17'
Park   19'
Report
Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

3 July 2010
Tassie Tigers   3–4   WA Thundersticks
Deavin   32'42'
Cock   44'
Report Mitton   2'27'
Hearn   8'
Reece   31'
Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
3 July 2010
QLD Blades   4–3   NSW Waratahs
Wilson   26'
Hammond   34'
M. Bates   53'
Whetton   69'
Report Butturini   46'
Paterson   58'64'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
3 July 2010
VIC Vikings   6–2   Southern Hotshots
Mirecki   17'45'
McLennan   31'
Simpson   49'
Ford   57'
Webster   66'
Report Schubert   26'
Wickham   70'
Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
3 July 2010
NT Stingers   0–3   Canberra Lakers
Report Turner   11'48'
Wallace   33'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

4 July 2010
WA Thundersticks   1–2   VIC Vikings
Burcher   21' Report MacKinnon   9'
Ford   49'
Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
4 July 2010
NSW Waratahs   6–1   NT Stingers
Govers   19'
Orchard   23'55'
Miller   30'44'
Lobsey   59'
Report Lockley   54'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra
4 July 2010
Southern Hotshots   3–4   Tassie Tigers
Claxton   17'
Wickham   46'
Cox   52'
Report Ockenden   14'
Clifford   16'
Cock   49'
Deavin   63'
Stadium:
State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
4 July 2010
Canberra Lakers   4–3   QLD Blades
Backhus   5'
Turner   32'69'
Wallace   58'
Report Wilson   41'
M. Bates   43'
Hammond   68'
Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 August 2010
WA Thundersticks   1–2   Canberra Lakers
Mitton   10' Report Archibald   14'
Wallace   42'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
21 August 2010
Southern Hotshots   3–5   NSW Waratahs
Wickham   27'63'
Schubert   36'
Report Orchard   11'41'
Miller   21'23'
Butturini   44'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
21 August 2010
NT Stingers   3–4   VIC Vikings
Abbott   21'36'
T. Carroll   66'
Report MacKinnon   39'
Ford   47'69'
Philpott   66'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
21 August 2010
Tassie Tigers   0–11   QLD Blades
Report De Young   7'23'49'
Wilson   15'47'
Whetton   29'51'
Gohdes   35'
Dwyer   36'45'
Burns   53'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

22 August 2010
Canberra Lakers   6–0   Southern Hotshots
Wallace   4'
Backhus   35'
Hinde   40'44'49'
Turner   61'
Report
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
22 August 2010
NT Stingers   4–2   Tassie Tigers
T. Carroll   53'
Abbott   57'63'
Poulton   66'
Report Ockenden   31'45'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
22 August 2010
QLD Blades   5–0   VIC Vikings
Wilson   23'
Whetton   27'
Gohdes   50'
T. Bates   58'
Burns   66'
Report
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
22 August 2010
NSW Waratahs   1–4   WA Thundersticks
Sutherland   63' Report Taylor   8'57'
Burcher   40'
Boyne   65'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Classification round

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Pool matches

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Pool A
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   NSW Waratahs 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 9
2   VIC Vikings 3 1 1 1 8 11 −3 4
3   Tassie Tigers 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
4   Southern Hotshots 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
24 August 2010
VIC Vikings   3–3   Southern Hotshots
Simpson   19'
Ford   32'
Mirecki   70'
Report Stacy   33'
Bowden   36'
Claxton   52'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
24 August 2010
NSW Waratahs   5–1   Tassie Tigers
Miller   3'21'32'
Paterson   7'
Govers   11'
Report Deavin   17'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

25 August 2010
VIC Vikings   3–1   Tassie Tigers
Webster   15'
Ford   45'
Pollard   50'
Report Shaw   32'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
25 August 2010
NSW Waratahs   6–1   Southern Hotshots
Todd   7'
Paterson   25'
Matheson   27'
Miller   38'
Orchard   43'
Sutherland   46'
Report Wickham   50'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

27 August 2010
VIC Vikings   2–7   NSW Waratahs
McLennan   2'
Ford   48'
Report Miller   20'
Paterson   23'37'
Lobsey   30'
Sutherland   44'62'
Govers   64'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
27 August 2010
Tassie Tigers   3–1   Southern Hotshots
Marshall   7'
Lucas   14'
Ockenden   64'
Report Schubert   27'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Pool B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   QLD Blades 3 2 1 0 13 4 +9 7
2   WA Thundersticks 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3   Canberra Lakers 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
4   NT Stingers 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
24 August 2010
QLD Blades   4–1   NT Stingers
Whetton   15'52'
Elder   17'
Dwyer   22'
Report Abbott   24'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
24 August 2010
WA Thundersticks   3–1   Canberra Lakers
Mitton   7'
Dancer   51'
Taylor   56'
Report Turner   10'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

25 August 2010
QLD Blades   3–3   Canberra Lakers
Dwyer   28'
De Young   32'
Whetton   61'
Report Turner   22'45'
Archibald   35'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
25 August 2010
WA Thundersticks   5–1   NT Stingers
Mitton   6'37'57'
Boyne   14'
Burcher   50'
Report Lockley   33'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

27 August 2010
QLD Blades   6–0   WA Thundersticks
Gohdes   11'57'
M. Bates   32'
Wilson   35'36'
Whetton   52'
Report
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
27 August 2010
Canberra Lakers   2–2   NT Stingers
Turner   34'
Wallace   64'
Report Abbott   18'30'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Classification matches

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Seventh and eighth place
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28 August 2010
Southern Hotshots   1–3   NT Stingers
Hughes   56' Report Gabriel   22'
Tribe   31'
Abbott   36'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Fifth and sixth place
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28 August 2010
Tassie Tigers   2–7   Canberra Lakers
Deavin   5'
Tremayne   49'
Report Turner   15'15'42'
Wallace   48'
Gilson   50'
Backhus   58'
Davidson   67'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Third and fourth place
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28 August 2010
VIC Vikings   2–1   WA Thundersticks
Ford   5'
Wischusen   55'
Report Burcher   56'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane
Final
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28 August 2010
NSW Waratahs   1–7   QLD Blades
Miller   21' Report Dwyer   3'
Hammond   6'
Whetton   29'62'
De Young   41'
T. Bates   53'
Wilson   70'
Stadium:
Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Statistics

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Final standings

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Goalscorers

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There were 255 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 5.8 goals per match.

13 goals

12 goals

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Clearing House

References

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  1. ^ "Queensland Blades beat NSW to win Australian Hockey League Championship". couriermail.com.au. The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2009–2010" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2020.[permanent dead link]
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