Monday, May 6, 2024

Rod Gilmour

The Hockey Paper's Editor. First covered international hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - no better than a full house watching India play England - and has reported on the sport for the Daily Telegraph and other major newspapers ever since. Co-founded THP in 2016.

Commonwealth Games Hockey: Wales women score major surprise over India

Gold Coast - What an opening script this was. Wales women came from the snow and then turned up the heat in Pool A...

Commonwealth Games hockey: Wales defender Xenna Hughes out to cause Gold Coast mayhem

She may be daughter of football great Mark Hughes, but 25-year-old Xenna insists on doing it her way, writes Rod Gilmour Don't tell Xenna Hughes...

Commonwealth Games: Australia hockey captain Mark Knowles announced as flag bearer

Gold Coast -- Kookaburras captain Mark Knowles will carry the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony after an emotional announcement on Monday...

England Hockey chief Sally Munday dismisses FIH role for domestic focus

Sally Munday, England Hockey's chief executive, has revealed her intentions to see through the growth of hockey in the UK after turning down the...

Commonwealth Games 2018: Australia hockey the final piece in record squad

Forward Kathryn Slattery was the star name omitted from the Hockeyroos squad on Friday, as Mark Knowles was confirmed as Kookaburras captain in his...

Australia favourites for Commonwealth Games after edging past England at Azlan Shah Cup

A resolute Australia, led by man-of-the-match Mark Knowles on his 34th birthday and playing his last international hockey match on foreign soil, beat England...

Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup: England men and Australia set up final showdown

England set up a mouthwatering Azlan Shah Men's Cup final against old rivals Australia after routing hosts Malaysia 7-2 on Friday night in Ipoh. In...

SheBelieves Cup: David Faulkner to drive England women’s football forward under Phil Neville – with hockey influences

David Faulkner, the former Great Britain Hockey performance director, says that taking up the role as the Football Association’s head of women’s performance was...