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Australia, The Netherlands, Argentina and Australia-A are all in Perth, Western Australia for the 2012 Kookas Cup, as 2-Challenge round robin tournament. Games are played every 2nd day and it kicked off on Wednesday night with Australia defeating Australia-A 3-1 in a tough, fast encounter. The Netherlands played Argentina and won 7-4 in a very high scoring affair. There are ... Read More »

Argentina has defeated Great Britain in a thrilling final to win GOLD at the 2012 Women’s Champions Trophy in Rosario, Argentina. In front of a sell out crowd, Argentina scored from a well worked penalty corner late in the first half and held on to the end to win 1-0, and claim the Champions Trophy title in front of their ... Read More »

Australia has won the Champions Trophy overnight for a record 4th consecutive time by defeating Spain 1-0 in the final. For Gryphon ambassador Fergus Kavanagh (pictured above), it is also his fourth consecutive gold medal at the prestigious event having been involved in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 championships. Kiel Brown claims his third in four years and Mark ... Read More »

World number one side Australia have reached the final of the Owen G Glenn FIH Champions Trophy with a game to spare thanks to a fine 4-2 win against the Netherlands in Pool C. The Aussie, who have won the past three Champions Trophy tournaments, were in ruthless goal-scoring form giving them a 4-2 win over the Dutch. G-Team ambassadors Kiel Brown (pictured ... Read More »

It has been a busy period in the Rabo Hoofdklasse due to the first rounds of the Euro Hockey League. Round’s 7 and 8 saw a new addition to the top four in the overall standings, with Kampong overtaking Pinoke to take third place. Rotterdam and Amsterdam are one game behind, so expect these teams to return and reestablish their ... Read More »

Round 2 of the Rabo Hoofdklasse in The Netherlands has been played. Match of the week has Pinoke’ hosting title holders Amsterdam. Pinoke is a team on the rise and got off to a great start. Be sure to check the opening goal from Gryphon gun Lucas Judge of Pinoke at the very start of the highlight package. Reader’s would ... Read More »

The Australian Men’s National Team recently returned from a tough European Tour that covered 3 countries, 3 series and 9 games all within 3 weeks. A heap of G-Team ambassadors were in action for the Aussies, the likes of World Champions  Fergy Kavanagh and Kiel Brown, Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Trent Mitton and breakout talents Jono Charlesworth, Joel Carroll, Jake Whetton and Mark Paterson  This tour makes ... Read More »

As the day of 6 games continues we still wait for the snow to fall. It hasn’t.  It feels like it should, and really a round of applause should be had for the players out there. Netherlands look the form team and Australia are on a roll. A draw here would make the pool exceptionally interesting considering Germany beat India 4 goals ... Read More »

And so it is. The Champion has been crowned for another year, legends made and destroyed, stars born and others have faded. The CT10 has been one of the highest scoring tournaments in the history of the game. Hockey has never looked so good, been so fast and exciting as what we just witnessed over the past 9 days. Gryphon ... Read More »

Day 5 of the CT10 was a day where 4 teams could stand up and qualify for the final against Australia should they win. Everyone of the three matches played were effectively a semi final, pending other results and the scores of those games. Watch the full match of your choice on demand for free courtesy of FIH and LAOLA1.tv and ... Read More »