Queensland Blades

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

Queensland Blades
Nickname(s)Blades
Colors     Moroon
     White
Home groundHockey Centre, Morningside, Queensland
CoachMatthew Wells
LeagueAustralian Hockey League (AHL)

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
Year Position
1991 Champions
1992 Runners-Up
1993 3rd
1995 Runners-Up
1996 Runners-Up
1997 5th
1998 3rd
1999 Runners-Up
2000 3rd
2001 3rd
2002 Runners-Up
2003 Champions
2004 Champions
2005 Runners-Up
2006 Champions
2007 Champions
2008 Runners-Up
2009
2010 Champions
2011
2012 Champions
2013 Champions
2014 4th
2015 Champions
2016 6th
2017 Runners-Up

2017 Squad
No Player
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

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See also

References
  1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Hockey_League#Men's_results%5B%5D
  2. https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/teams/966#players

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