Shootout woe seals relegation fate for Ireland
It will be at least four years before Ireland grace the top tier of European U18 girls hockey after a penalty shootout defeat to Russia saw them relegated yesterday.
Irish boys surge to Euro success
Ireland will be back at European youth hockey’s top table in 2015 after claiming gold at the EuroHockey Youth (U18) Nations Championships in Gasawa, Poland yesterday.
Tri-Nations victories for Irish U16s
Ireland’s U16 teams romped to Tri-Nations victories in sun-drenched Wrexham this weekend with a number of Munster players getting on the scoresheet.
Green machine goes into overdrive to floor France
Madness reigned in Rotterdam on Saturday night as Ireland hit six unanswered goals in half an hour to retrieve a four-goal deficit against France and salvage the wreckage of their World League 3 campaign with an unlikely 6-4 victory.
More heartbreak, more drama – and no World Cup berth
Ireland’s World Cup qualification dreams were all but dashed as they were undone by a goal that shouldn’t have stood in a 1-0 defeat to Spain in Rotterdam yesterday.
Six-shooters Belgium dispose of improving Irish
Belgium had too much in their locker for a game Ireland, as an entertaining 6-3 victory ended the green machine’s hopes of reaching a World League semi-final in Rotterdam yesterday.