Australian Hockey League

Paying A Price For The Past?

There is nothing sadder than witnessing a once great team unravel. The Australian Women’s Hockey team were the cream of the crop for a long time. Denied the opportunity to play at the 1980 Olympic Games the first in which

Is It Time For More Golden Moments?

Is modern day sport about the contest, or is it purely about entertainment? Ask the television executives who are now the ones predominantly funding sport, and they will tell you that is all about entertainment. Ask the average fan and

Hockey, One step in the Right Direction

“The more things change the more they stay the same” is an oft used epigram from French Novelist Jean- Baptiste Karr, and Hockey fans in Australia are hoping that this will not be the case with their sport.  A year

The Price of Conceding Late

Penalties have been around in a number of sports almost since the first rules were formalised. While penalties to decide the outcome of drawn fixtures have been in place for almost half a century in most sports. The penalty in

Whose Idea Was It?

On May 3rd Hockey fans in Australia were in the main relieved to hear that the Australian Hockey League will remain an eleven-a-side competition, at least for another year. However the sixth paragraph in the press release is still a