Queensland Blades

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Queensland Blades
Nickname(s)Blades
League Australian Hockey League (AHL)
Colors  Moroon
  White
Home ground Hockey Centre, Morningside, Queensland
Personnel
Captain Mark Knowles
Coach Matthew Wells

The Queensland Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.

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The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Colmslie in Brisbane, Queensland.

They have also competed under the name Brisbane Baldes. And between the years 1993–2000, Queensland also provided a second team in the National Competition, the North Queensland Barras.

The team were champions in the 2007 AHL final played in Perth, Western Australia on 1 April 2007, beating the WA Thundersticks.

In 2010 the Queensland Blades defeated the New South Wales Waratahs in the AHL final to win the championship.

They have since also won the 2012, 2013 and 2015 editions. [1]

Season standings

YearPosition
1991Champions
1992Runners-Up
19933rd
1995Runners-Up
1996Runners-Up
19975th
19983rd
1999Runners-Up
20003rd
20013rd
2002Runners-Up
2003Champions
2004Champions
2005Runners-Up
2006Champions
2007Champions
2008Runners-Up
2009
2010Champions
2011
2012Champions
2013Champions
20144th
2015Champions
20166th
2017Runners-Up

2017 squad

NoPlayer
2 Corey Weyer
3 Tim Howard
4 Hugh Pembroke
5 Troy Elder
7 Joel Rintala
8 Blake Wotherspoon
9 Mark Knowles
10 Robert Bell
11 Jacob Anderson
12 Shane Kenny
13 Scott Boyde
15 Cade Banditt
16 Matthew Finn
19 Matthew Swann
23 Daniel Beale
24 Dylan Wotherspoon
26 Justin Douglas
28 Matthew Pembroke

[2]

See also

References

  1. Australian Hockey League#Men's results [ circular reference ]
  2. "Hockey Australia: Altiusrt".