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More highlights of the Hero Hockey India League. Match 4 of the Jaypee Punjab Warriors v Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Big shout out to our main man Wouter Jolie for grabbing the man of the match award. Nice!       Match 5: Ranchi Rhinos v Mumbai Magicians. Keep an eye out for the super flat cross from Fergus Kavanagh to ... Read More »

  The Gryphon Diablo Chrome is a stick you’ve just gotta try out. Featuring our unique cork laminate Energy Reduction System (ERS), the cork absorbs the vibration of the stick when hitting, so no matter how hard you can smash that ball, the contact will still be super smooth. So put simply, it packs one hell of a punch but doesn’t ... Read More »

For those of you who are only just finding out about this, it’s big news for hockey! The Hockey India League has just completed the auction of all potential players for the 5 team league in India. For full team lists head to the HIL site.   We’re proud to let you know that a fair bunch of our boys ... Read More »

  After just over a week of some truly brilliant hockey, the 2012 Champions Trophy in Melbourne, has come to a close. In general, almost all of the teams were adding some new blood to their line ups. There weren’t as many goals scored as expected in the early matches, with all teams doing their best to put themselves in ... Read More »

    So with the tournament nearing completion, each team has been risking more in an attempt to finish as high as possible. This has resulted in goals, goals and more goals! We won’t go in to detail with the results this time, as it would be better to watch the highlights at the FIH site. Here are the match ... Read More »

So what do we think from those games? Germany going down to Pakistan was a bit of a surprise after the Olympic champions went into the half time break 1-0 up. We’ve got to remember that the German side is a different side to the one we saw a couple of months back in London. They only have a handful ... Read More »

Hi guys,   The men’s AHL has started off with highs and lows. Canberra has been an amazing venue so far and the weather has been perfect sitting at around 20-25 degrees and blue skies all round.     Trent Mitton with his new singlet tan   I’m currently playing for the Western Australian Thundersticks team. We had a pretty ... Read More »

So after just over two weeks, we have finally come to the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games. It was a fantastic event and there was some truly incredible hockey to watch. Along the way we saw a couple of brutal injuries, spectacular goals and both individual and team brilliance. Some teams performed well above their world rankings and ... Read More »

Hi G-Team! For those of you wondering what that silver sword being wielded perfectly by Olympic Australian Fergy Kav is, it is the Diablo Chrome Limited edition. This limited edition stick within the Gryphon Chrome Series will comprise the additional new Energy Reduction System “ERS” which provides the user with a higher level of performance and is a reason why Fergy Kav ... Read More »

Below are some of our favourite snaps taken by Dan Carson at the recent Kookaburra Challenge. The friendly tournament involved Australia, Argentina, The Netherlands and Australia ‘A’.  Hope you enjoy!           Read More »