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.

Women’s Hockey World Cup: Spirited England set up Holland showdown

1 August 2018

THE WORLD CUP REPORT "People who bought those tickets didn't think they would get such a good game." So said Susannah Townsend, referring to the fact...

Secret to Japan women’s success? Scaring each other

27 July 2018

Video recorder in hand, a Japanese hockey player hides behind a hotel doorway and menacingly jumps out in front of their foreign coach. Thankfully, this...

Secret to Japan hockey women’s success? Scaring each other

27 July 2018

Video recorder in hand, a Japanese hockey player hides behind a hotel doorway and menacingly jumps out in front of their foreign coach. Thankfully, this...

History! Italy women cause Hockey World Cup shock over China

22 July 2018

Storico! proclaimed a jubilant Italian media on Sunday. Italy put 42 years in the Women's Hockey World Cup wilderness behind them in sensational style to...