Wednesday, February 18, 2026

‘Greatest honour’: David Harte signs off Ireland hockey career

And so a heroic save low down to his left from close range proved David Harte’s final hurrah in green colours. It came at the Paris Olympics as his stout defence locked out 15 PCs with Ireland beating New Zealand and sending the Green Machine back to the world’s top 10.

“Should this be the last game I’ve ever played in a green jersey,” he told The Hockey Paper after the game, “I don’t think there is a more beautiful way to go out in my second Olympic Games, with my family watching me.”

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