Field Hockey

West Coast premiership hero Drew Banfield’s niece dumps chosen sport and joins Fremantle

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West Coast premiership hero Drew Banfield’s niece dumps chosen sport and joins Fremantle

Fremantle have revealed they have prised Matilda Banfield from her chosen sport of hockey and signed her as a rookie for the 2025 and 2026 AFLW seasons. Banfield is considered a “Western Australian hockey gun” with the 19-year-old featuring in a number of Hockey Australia’s ‘Futures Squads’. She was also selected as a train-on for … Read more

Hockeyroos in tears after crashing out of Olympics with shock loss to China

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Hockeyroos in tears after crashing out of Olympics with shock loss to China

The Hockeyroos have crashed out of the Olympics after a shock 3-2 loss to China in the quarter-final stage. It was the sixth-straight time the Hockeyroos have lost in the last eight, but this one came in controversial circumstances. Australia scored first but held the lead for just one minute in Paris as China seized … Read more