Phil Roper

Phil Roper

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 33) Chester, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
2000–2010	Chester HC
Senior career
Years	Team
2008-2009	Brooklands MU
2010-2013	Sheffield Hallam
2013-2021	Wimbledon
2021-2022	Oranje-Rood
2022-2023	Holcombe
2024-present	Old Georgians
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2013–present	England & GB	163	(39)
Medal record Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team 2022 Birmingham Team EuroHockey Championship 2023 Mönchengladbach 2017 Amstelveen

Phillip Andrew Roper (born 24 January 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams. ^{[1] [2]} He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Club career

Roper started playing hockey, aged 8, for his local club Chester HC and played there for ten years before going to university, where he played for Sheffield Hallam. ^[3] He played club hockey for Brooklands MU and Wimbledon before joining Dutch club Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season. ^[4]

Roper played for Holcombe during the 2022-2023 season before joining Old Georgians. He helped Old Georgians finish runner-up to Surbiton during the 2024–25 season. ^[5]

International career

Roper made his international debut in 2013. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. ^[6] On 24 May 2017 he was named as one of a three-man captaincy group, for England and Great Britain. It was a new captaincy structure for the men's international teams. ^[7] He represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. ^[8]

On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship ^[9] and was selected to represent Great Britain for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. ^[10]

He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ^[11] and won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. ^[12]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[13] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. ^[14]

Other pursuits

Roper presents the popular Let’s Stick Together podcast alongside fellow international hockey players Brendan Creed and Joep de Mol. He is also a partner in The Social Bean a boutique coffee business, alongside Old Georgians teammate Chris Griffiths (field hockey), as well as David Goodfield, and Jacob Draper.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Phil Roper | Team England | Birmingham 2022".
2. "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
3. "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
4. "Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
5. "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
6. "Phil Roper biography". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
7. "Latest Media | England Hockey".
8. "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
9. "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
10. "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
11. "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
12. "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
13. "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
14. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

External links

• Phil Roper at the International Hockey Federation
• Phil Roper at Team GB
• Phil Roper at Olympedia
• Phil Roper at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Phil Roper on England Hockey
• Phil Roper at Team England
• Phillip Roper at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games