Australia women's national field hockey team

Australia
Nickname(s)	Hockeyroos
Association	Hockey Australia
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Head Coach	Katrina Powell
Assistant coach(es)	Jeremy Davy; Hugh Purvis
Manager	Melissa Grey
Captain	Jane Claxton; Kaitlin Nobbs; Grace Stewart
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	3 (21 March 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	10 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (1988, 1996, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1981)
Best result	1st (1994, 1998)
Oceania Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1999)
Best result	1st (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
Oceania Cup

The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of January 2019, ranked third in the world.^[2] Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic gold medals (1988, 1996, 2000), two World Cup gold medals (1994, 1998) and four Commonwealth Games gold medals (1998, 2006, 2010, 2014). The Hockeyroos have been crowned Australia's Team of the Year five times and were unanimously awarded Best Australian Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

A notable part of the Hockeyroos colourful history has involved Ric Charlesworth. Charlesworth was at the helm of the Hockeyroos from 1993 to 2000, where his reign as coach saw the team win the 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 Champions Trophies, 1994 and 1998 World Cups and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Charlesworth took the Hockeyroos to the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games, where the team won back-to-back gold medals. The team was coached from 2011 by Adam Commens, who was replaced after the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the side failed to medal, by Paul Gaudoin.

Amid much turmoil, Gaudoin quit in March 2021 and was replaced by former player Katrina Powell.^[3]

Given the extent of the Hockeyroos success, the team has consistently remained at the top of the world hockey rankings. From the late 1980s until 2000, the Australian team was ranked at number 1 in the world. Only once during this period, did the Hockeyroos fail to win a tournament, when they finished fifth.

Great HockeyroosEdit

Rechelle HawkesEdit

As part of the Olympic team in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, Rechelle Hawkes is the most decorated Hockeyroo of all time. Such is her status in international hockey that she is among the most successful female players in the history of the sport. Hawkes is the only female hockey player to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate games. After 279 international matches, Hawkes retired following the Sydney Olympic Games where the Hockeyroos again won gold. In recognition of her contribution to Australian sport, Rechelle was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2018, Hawkes was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to hockey."

Alyson AnnanEdit

Alyson Annan is also one of more prominent figures in the history of the Hockeyroos. Annan debuted in the Australian side at the age of 18 and became renowned for her prowess in front of goal, scoring 166 goals during her career. She was widely regarded as the sharpest shooter in international women's hockey during the 1990s which was acknowledged when she won the World Hockey Player of the Year in 1999. Annan represented Australia 228 times, and was part of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Gold Medal-winning teams. Annan remains the Hockeyroos highest goal scorer.

Nikki HudsonEdit

As a highly recognised Hockeyroo, Nikki Hudson has become one of the most identifiable Australian athletes. Retiring in 2009, the striker was formerly the highest capped player in the history of the Hockeyroos, finishing on 303 games (at the time, being the only Hockeyroo to play over 300 games). Since her debut in 1993 at the age of 17, Hudson scored 99 goals in international competition. In 2008, she played in her third successive Olympic Games.

Madonna BlythEdit

Following her debut in 2004, Madonna Blyth became one of the most prominent Hockeyroos in history. Retiring in 2016, the midfielder became the highest-capped player in the history of the Hockeyroos, finishing on 342 games, surpassing the record previously set by Nikki Hudson. During her career, she won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and two World Cup silvers. She was also the captain of the team from 2009 until her retirement in 2016, following the Olympic Games.

The Hockeyroos todayEdit

Australia vs Netherlands, Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Following the 2016 Summer Olympics, many of the Hockeyroos' core players retired, forcing the team into a development phase. In 2017, long-time player Emily Chalker was named captain of the team during this rebuilding phase. Following a disappointing Hockey World League campaign, the team won the Oceania Cup, sparking what would become a string of successes for the team.

The Hockeyroos played three major tournaments in 2018, winning silver medals at the Commonwealth Games and Champions Trophy. The team only failed to medal at the World Cup, where they finished fourth.

Following her return to the squad in 2018, Jodie Kenny was named as a co-captain of the team, along with Emily Chalker and Georgina Morgan. The team started 2019 with an historic 1–0 victory over world number one, the Netherlands in the FIH Pro League, this marked their first win over the Dutch since the 2009 Champions Trophy. At the conclusion of the group stage of the FIH Pro League, the Hockeyroos finished in third place, qualifying for the Grand Final and the FIH Olympic Qualifiers.

Tournament recordsEdit

World Cup^[4]
Year	Host city	Position
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4th
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd
1986	Amsterdam, Netherlands	6th
1990	Sydney, Australia	2nd
1994	Dublin, Ireland	1st
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	1st
2002	Perth, Australia	4th
2006	Madrid, Spain	2nd
2010	Rosario, Argentina	5th
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	2nd
2018	London, England	4th
2022	Terrassa, Spain Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd

Oceania Cup^[5]
Year	Host city	Position
1999	Sydney, Australia	1st
2001	Auckland, New Zealand	1st
2003	Melbourne, Australia Auckland, New Zealand	1st
2005	Sydney, Australia Auckland, New Zealand	1st
2007	Buderim, Australia	2nd
2009	Invercargill, New Zealand	2nd
2011	Hobart, Australia	2nd
2013	Stratford, New Zealand	1st
2015	Stratford, New Zealand	1st
2017	Sydney, Australia	1st
2019	Rockhampton, Australia	2nd

Commonwealth Games^[6]
Year	Host city	Position
1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st
2002	Manchester, England	3rd
2006	Melbourne, Australia	1st
2010	New Delhi, India	1st
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	1st
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd
2022	Birmingham, England	2nd

World League^[7]
Year	Round	Host city	Position
2012–13	Semifinal	London, England	1st
2012–13	Final	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	2nd
2014–15	Semifinal	Antwerp, Belgium	3rd
2014–15	Final	Rosario, Argentina	6th
2016–17	Semifinals	Brussels, Belgium	5th

FIH Pro League^[8]
Year	Finals Host city	Position
2019	Amstelveen, Netherlands	2nd
2020–21	N/A	5th
2021–22	N/A	Withdrew
2022–23	N/A	Qualified

Olympic Games^[9]
Year	Host city	Position
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	N/A
1984	Los Angeles, United States	4th
1988	Seoul, South Korea	1st
1992	Barcelona, Spain	5th
1996	Atlanta, United States	1st
2000	Sydney, Australia	1st
2004	Athens, Greece	5th
2008	Beijing, China	5th
2012	London, United Kingdom	5th
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th
2020	Tokyo, Japan	5th

Champions Trophy^[10]
Year	Host city	Position
1987	Amstelveen, Netherlands	2nd
1989	Germany, West Germany	2nd
1991	Berlin, Germany	1st
1993	Amstelveen, Netherlands	1st
1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1st
1997	Berlin, Germany	1st
1999	Brisbane, Australia	1st
2000	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd
2001	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd
2002	Macau, China	4th
2003	Sydney, Australia	1st
2004	Rosario, Argentina	4th
2005	Canberra, Australia	2nd
2006	Amstelveen, Netherlands	5th
2007	Quilmes, Argentina	4th
2008	Mönchengladbach, Germany	5th
2009	Sydney, Australia	2nd
2010	Nottingham, England	–
2011	Amstelveen, Netherlands	6th
2012	Roasario, Argentina	–
2014	Mendoza, Argentina	2nd
2016	London, England	4th
2018	Changzhou, China	2nd

Champions Challenge I^[11]
Year	Host city	Position
2002–2011 Did not Compete
2012	Dublin, Ireland	1st
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	–

TeamEdit

Current squadEdit

The following 18 players represented the Hockeyroos in the third test match in the China series in Bunbury and Perth, from 23–26 March.^[12]

Caps and goals are current as of 26 March 2023 after the match against China.

Head coach: Katrina Powell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
19	GK	Jocelyn Bartram	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 29)	75	0	NSW Pride
41	GK	Noe Newman	(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 23)	4	0	NSW Pride

6	DF	Penny Squibb	(1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 30)	37	5	Perth Thundersticks
10	DF	Madison Fitzpatrick	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 26)	108	20	Kampong
13	DF	Harriet Shand	(2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 (age 23)	19	0	Adelaide Fire
21	DF	Renee Taylor	(1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 26)	111	14	Brisbane Blaze
42	DF	Maddison Smith	(2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 23)	8	0	NSW Pride

4	MF	Amy Lawton	(2002-01-19) 19 January 2002 (age 21)	49	4	HC Melbourne
5	MF	Grace Young	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 20)	10	0	NSW Pride
8	MF	Georgia Wilson	(1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 (age 26)	60	0	Perth Thundersticks
18	MF	Jane Claxton (captain)	(1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 30)	214	19	Adelaide Fire
35	MF	Maddison Brooks	(2004-09-23) 23 September 2004 (age 18)	7	0	Tassie Tigers
37	MF	Morgan Gallagher	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 25)	3	0	Brisbane Blaze

2	FW	Ambrosia Malone	(1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 25)	84	24	Brisbane Blaze
9	FW	Shanea Tonkin	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 25)	16	4	Perth Thundersticks
16	FW	Courtney Schonell	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 22)	11	0	NSW Pride
29	FW	Rebecca Greiner	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 23)	44	4	Brisbane Blaze
44	FW	Abigail Wilson	(1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 24)	7	0	NSW Pride

The following players make up the remainder of the 2023 national squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aleisha Power	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 26)	20	0	Perth Thundersticks	v. China; 25 March 2023

DF	Kaitlin Nobbs (captain)	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 25)	108	9	Klein Zwitserland	v. Germany; 15 February 2023
DF	Karri Somerville	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 23)	29	0	Perth Thundersticks	v. England; 7 August 2022
DF	Tatum Stewart	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Brisbane Blaze	v. China; 25 March 2023

MF	Claire Colwill	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 19)	26	2	Brisbane Blaze	v. China; 25 March 2023
MF	Greta Hayes	(1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 26)	37	1	NSW Pride	v. China; 25 March 2023
MF	Stephanie Kershaw	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 27)	93	15	HDM	v. Germany; 15 February 2023

FW	Brooke Peris (captain)	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 30)	190	32	Den Bosch	v. Germany; 15 February 2023
FW	Mariah Williams	(1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 (age 27)	115	19	NSW Pride	v. United States; 1 March 2023
FW	Hannah Cullum-Sanders	(2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 19)	16	1	Brisbane Blaze	v. China; 25 March 2023
FW	Grace Stewart (captain)	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 25)	109	30	NSW Pride	v. United States; 1 March 2023

Recent call-upsEdit

The following players have received call ups to the national squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Meg Pearce	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 28)	10	0	Brisbane Blaze	v. China; 25 March 2023

RecordsEdit

Highest capped players^[13]
Rank	Player	Games
1	Madonna Blyth	342
2	Nikki Hudson	303
3	Rechelle Hawkes	279
4	Karen Smith	271
5	Casey Sablowski	258
6	Emily Chalker	255
7	Katrina Powell	252
8	Jodie Kenny	235
9	Rachael Lynch	233
10	Lisa Carruthers	230
10	Louise Dobson	230

Highest goalscorers^[14]
Rank	Player	Goals
1	Alyson Annan	166
2	Rechelle Hawkes	141
3	Jodie Kenny	111
4	Jackie Pereira	109
5	Nicole Hudson	99
6	Emily Chalker	88
7	Jenn Morris	83
8	Michelle Andrews	74
9	Madonna Blyth	70
10	Ashleigh Nelson	69

ResultsEdit

Past resultsEdit

2023 Fixtures and ResultsEdit

2022 Statistics
Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	3	2	3	3	16	14	+2	16

FIH Pro League (Home Series)Edit

10 February 2023 Home 1	Australia	1–1 (3–1 p)	China	Sydney, Australia
18:40	Malone 29'	Report	Zhang Xin. 23'	Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park
	Penalties
	Colwill Williams Greiner Stewart		Ma He Chen Y. Zou

12 February 2023 Home 2	Australia	3–0	Germany	Sydney, Australia
16:40	Malone 24', 24' Stewart 58'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park

13 February 2023 Home 3	Australia	2–2 (4–3 p)	China	Sydney, Australia
18:40	Claxton 52' Peris 57'	Report	Zhong 37' Gu 48'	Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park
	Penalties
	Schonell Malone Peris Nobbs Lawton		Liang Zhong Li Zou Liu

15 February 2023 Home 4	Australia	3–3 (1–2 p)	Germany	Sydney, Australia
18:40	Fitzpatrick 1' Peris 22' Kershaw 54'	Report	Pieper 8' Fleschütz 46' Strauss 57'	Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park
	Penalties
	Schonell Kershaw Malone Nobbs Peris		Weidemann Lorenz Strauss Schröder Huse

28 February 2023 Home 5	Australia	2–0	Argentina	Hobart, Australia
17:10	Cullum-Sanders 2' Taylor 18'	Report		Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre

1 March 2023 Home 6	Australia	0–0 (1–3 p)	United States	Hobart, Australia
17:10		Report		Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre
	Penalties
	Cullum-Sanders A. Wilson Tonkin Young		Lepage Golini Crouse Sessa De Vries

3 March 2023 Home 7	Australia	0–1	Argentina	Hobart, Australia
19:10		Report	Von der Heyde 48'	Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre

4 March 2023 Home 8	Australia	2–1	United States	Hobart, Australia
19:10	Colwill 4' Lawton 58'	Report	Hoffman 22'	Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre

China Test SeriesEdit

23 March 2023 Match 1	Australia	0–0	China	Bunbury, Australia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Bunbury Hockey Stadium

25 March 2023 Match 2	Australia	0–2	China	Perth, Australia
16:00		Report	Gu B. 8' Zhang Xin. 16'	Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium

26 March 2023 Match 3	Australia	3–4	China	Perth, Australia
16:00	Taylor 2', 36' Malone 51'	Report	Chen Y. 5' Gu B. 9' Liang 43' Zhong 55'	Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium

FIH Pro League (New Zealand Leg)Edit

22 April 2023 Away 1	Australia	v	Great Britain	Christchurch, New Zealand
14:10		Report		Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub

25 April 2023 Away 2	New Zealand	v	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
14:10		Report		Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub

28 April 2023 Away 3	Great Britain	v	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
17:10		Report		Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub

30 April 2023 Away 4	New Zealand	v	Australia	Christchurch, New Zealand
16:40		Report		Stadium: Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub

India Test SeriesEdit

18 May 2023 Match 1	Australia	v	India	Adelaide, Australia
19:00		Report		Stadium: MATE Stadium

20 May 2023 Match 2	Australia	v	India	Adelaide, Australia
16:00		Report		Stadium: MATE Stadium

21 May 2023 Match 3	Australia	v	India	Adelaide, Australia
16:00		Report		Stadium: MATE Stadium

FIH Pro League (Europe Leg)Edit

8 June 2023 Away 5	Netherlands	v	Australia	Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:40		Report		Stadium: HC Oranje-Rood

11 June 2023 Away 6	Netherlands	v	Australia	Eindhoven, Netherlands
15:10		Report		Stadium: HC Oranje-Rood

16 June 2023 Away 7	Belgium	v	Australia	Antwerp, Belgium
20:40		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein

19 June 2023 Away 8	Belgium	v	Australia	Antwerp, Belgium
20:40		Report		Stadium: Wilrijkse Plein

XII Oceania CupEdit

10 August 2023 Match 1	New Zealand	v	Australia	Whangarei, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Northland Hockey Association

12 August 2023 Match 2	New Zealand	v	Australia	Whangarei, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Northland Hockey Association

13 August 2023 Match 3	New Zealand	v	Australia	Whangarei, New Zealand
		Report		Stadium: Northland Hockey Association

Other programsEdit

National development squadEdit

In addition to the core 22 player squad, Hockey Australia also maintains a 18 player development squad. The 2023 squad is as follows:

ReferencesEdit

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "FIH RANKINGS — OUTDOOR". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Olympics: Powell takes over Australia's 'Hockeyroos' after period of turmoil". Reuters. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "Oceania Cup". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "FIH confirms Spain men and Belgium women join Hockey Pro League". FIH.
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "Home – FIH".
^ "Powell announces Hockeyroos squad for China series". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ "Australian women's players". Hockey Australia.
^ "Australian women's players". Hockey Australia.

External linksEdit

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[2] "FIH RANKINGS — OUTDOOR". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[3] "Olympics: Powell takes over Australia's 'Hockeyroos' after period of turmoil". Reuters. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[4] "Home – FIH".

[5] "Oceania Cup". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

[6] "Home – FIH".

[7] "Home – FIH".

[8] "FIH confirms Spain men and Belgium women join Hockey Pro League". FIH.

[9] "Home – FIH".

[10] "Home – FIH".

[11] "Home – FIH".

[12] "Powell announces Hockeyroos squad for China series". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[13] "Australian women's players". Hockey Australia.

[14] "Australian women's players". Hockey Australia.

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