Wales men's national field hockey team

The Wales men's national field hockey team represents Wales in men's international field hockey competitions.[2]

Wales
AssociationHockey Wales
ConfederationEuropean Hockey Federation
Head CoachDanny Newcombe
Assistant coach(es)Martin Schouten
ManagerWill Packer
CaptainLuke Hawker
Lewis Prosser
Rupert Shipperley
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 15 (2 May 2022)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 1908)
Best result3rd (1908)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances10 (first in 1970)
Best result6th (1978, 1999, 2019)

Wales participated once in the Summer Olympics, the first edition and they won the bronze medal. Since then they participate in the Olympics as a part of the Great Britain squad. In 2021, they qualified for their first ever World Cup in 2023.[3]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics
Welsh Hockey Team vs Scotland, 1911.

World Cup

Commonwealth Games

EuroHockey Championship

Hockey World League

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship III

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 19 October 2021 for the 2021 European World Cup Qualifier in Cardiff, Wales.[4]

Head coach: Daniel Newcombe

Caps updated as of 24 October 2021, after the match against France.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
3 DF Daniel Kyriakides (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 93 Hampstead & Westminster
4 DF Ioan Wall (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 38 Cardiff & Met
5 DF Alf Dinnie (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 38 Cardiff & Met
6 DF Jacob Draper (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 54 Beerschot
7 MF Joe Naughalty (1987-04-13) 13 April 1987 106 Brighton & Hove
8 MF Lewis Prosser (Captain) (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 161 East Grinstead
9 MF Rupert Shipperley (Captain) (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 78 Hampstead & Westminster
10 DF Rhodri Furlong (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 64 Hampstead & Westminster
11 FW James Carson (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 81 Old Georgians
13 MF Dale Hutchinson (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 90 Cardiff & Met
15 MF Rhys Bradshaw (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 29 University of Exeter
18 DF Gareth Furlong (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 124 Surbiton
19 MF Owain Dolan-Gray (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 124 Cardiff & Met
20 FW Jolyon Morgan (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 19 Cardiff & Met
23 FW Jack Pritchard (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 5 Cardiff & Met
25 FW Benjamin Francis (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 77 Wimbledon
26 FW Luke Hawker (Captain) (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 103 Cardiff & Met
32 GK Ieuan Tranter (1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 28 University of Durham
35 MF Fred Newbold (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 4 Reading
50 GK Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 3 Hampstead & Westminster

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
DF Edward Evans (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 13 Reading v.  Malaysia, 12 October 2021
DF Steve Kelly (1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 63 Hampstead & Westminster v.  Malaysia, 9 October 2021
GK James Fortnam (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 46 Cardiff & Met v.  Malaysia, 9 October 2021
GK Rhys Payne (2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 1 Cardiff & Met v.  Malaysia, 9 October 2021
DF Hywel Jones (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 39 Hampstead & Westminster 2021 EuroHockey Championship

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. "Hockey Wales". Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. "Wales reach Hockey World Cup for first time". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. "Wales Senior Men Squad Named for World Cup Qualifiers in Cardiff". hockeywales.org.uk. Hockey Wales. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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