Wales men's national field hockey team

Wales

Association	Hockey Wales
Confederation	European Hockey Federation
Head Coach	Daniel Newcombe
Assistant coach(es)	Martin Schouten Sam Rowe
Manager	Gwyn Williams
Captain	Ben Francis Rupert Shipperley
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	19 1 (18 June 2025) [1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1908 )
Best result	3rd (1908)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023 )
Best result	11th (2023)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1970 )
Best result	6th (1978, 1999, 2019)

The Wales men's national field hockey team represents Wales in men's international field hockey competitions. ^[2]

Wales participated once in the Summer Olympics, the first edition and they won the bronze medal. Since then they participate in the Olympics as a part of the Great Britain squad. In 2021, they qualified for their first ever World Cup in 2023. ^[3]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

Welsh Hockey Team vs Scotland, 1911.

• 1908 –

World Cup

• 2023 – 11th place

Commonwealth Games

• 1998 – 9th place
• 2002 – 7th place
• 2014 – 9th place
• 2018 – 9th place
• 2022 – 6th place

EuroHockey Championship

• 1970 – 12th place
• 1974 – 8th place
• 1978 – 6th place
• 1983 – 12th place
• 1987 – 12th place
• 1991 – 10th place
• 1995 – 7th place
• 1999 – 6th place
• 2019 – 6th place
• 2021 – 7th place
• 2023 – 8th place

Hockey World League

• 2012–13 – Did not rank
• 2014–15 – Did not rank
• 2016–17 – 24th place

Nations Cup

• 2024–25 – 5th place

EuroHockey Championship II

• 2005 –
• 2007 – 5th place
• 2009 –
• 2011 – 6th place
• 2013 – 7th place
• 2017 –
• 2025 –

EuroHockey Championship III

• 2015 –

Players

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II. ^[4]

Head coach: Daniel Newcombe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
3	DF	Daniel Kyriakides	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 30)	138	Club an der Alster
5	MF	Alf Dinnie	(1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 30)	65	Cardiff & Met
6	DF	Jacob Draper	(1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 27)	91	Pinoké
7	MF	Gareth Griffiths	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 26)	45	Beeston
9	MF	Rupert Shipperley (co-Captain)	(1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 32)	116	Hampstead & Westminster
13	MF	Dale Hutchinson	(1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 32)	123	Hampstead & Westminster
14	MF	Owen Sutton	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 21)	20	Wimbledon
15	MF	Rhys Bradshaw	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24)	73	Wimbledon
17	MF	Fred Newbold	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 24)	38	Wimbledon
18	DF	Gareth Furlong	(1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 33)	158	Surbiton
20	FW	Jolyon Morgan	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 26)	52	Hampstead & Westminster
23	FW	Jack Pritchard	(1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 (age 31)	39	Cardiff & Met
24	DF	Hywel Jones	(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 28)	78	Hampstead & Westminster
25	FW	Ben Francis (co-Captain)	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 29)	120	Wimbledon
33	GK	Rhys Payne	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 24)	4	Cardiff & Met
44	DF	Nicholas Morgan	(2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 23)	11	Surbiton
50	GK	Toby Reynolds-Cotterill	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 28)	43	Hampstead & Westminster
61	MF	John Bennett	(2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 22)	12	Sevenoaks

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up for 2023 World Cup.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
4	DF	Ioan Wall	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 26)	52	Cardiff & Met
10	DF	Rhodri Furlong	(1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29)	69	Hampstead & Westminster
11	FW	James Carson	(1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 31)	95	Old Georgians
12	DF	Steve Kelly	(1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 (age 33)	73	Hampstead & Westminster
26	FW	Luke Hawker	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 35)	113	Cardiff & Met

See also

• Great Britain men's national field hockey team
• Wales women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
2. "Hockey Wales" . Retrieved 7 November 2014.
3. "Wales reach Hockey World Cup for first time". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
4. "Wales". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile