It took a penalty shootout to separate Perth and Brisbane in the final Hockey One women’s match of the regular season, but the Thundersticks held on to finish undefeated and top of the ladder.
Harry Grigson
Former Kookaburras captain Mark Hager is the new coach of the side, taking over from Colin Batch after their Paris Olympics quarter-final exit.
Murray Wenzel
Andrew Charter, the Kookaburras' most-capped goalkeeper, has announced his retirement to continue the squad's post-Olympics regeneration.
The Perth Thundersticks dominant Hockey One campaign has continued, securing a finals berth with a 3-1 win over NSW Pride on Friday.
Cameron Newbold
Perth Thundersticks will welcome back a star Hockeyroo for a clash with Adelaide where they could become the first team to stamp their ticket to finals.
Jackson Barrett
Aran Zalewski says it wasn't an easy decision to retire from international hockey, but the Kookaburras captain feels it's the right one.
Justin Chadwick
Margaret River product Aran Zalewski has retired from international hockey, bringing down the curtain on a 14-year career with the Kookaburras.
Josh Kempton
Perth Thundersticks captain and Tambellup star Penny Squibb scored a brilliant drag flick on Saturday to help her side maintain its perfect start to the 2024 Hockey One women’s competition.
Perth Thundersticks will face Hockey Club Melbourne without Hockeyroo Georgia Wilson this weekend in a clash that could stamp them as tournament frontrunners.
Hockey Australia’s chief has hit out at the sport’s snub from a stripped-back Commonwealth Games and says the country has lost one of its strongest medal chances.
Perth Thundersticks’ debutant Kaitlin Nobbs scored just minutes into her stint at the club in another big victory that puts them among this season’s Hockey One frontrunners.
Kookaburra Jake Harvie jokes his younger brother Tom is playing so well, he might need to watch his back in the national team. But the pair might not be far away from wearing green-and-gold together.
As the Hockey One season ramps up, The West Australian’s Jackson Barrett has picked out five Perth Thundersticks players that will be must-watch this season.
Hockeyroos star Kaitlin Nobbs and prized Perth Thundersticks signing Kaitlin Nobbs will make her debut for the club in its clash with Tasmania on Sunday.
Hockeyroos goalkeeper Jocelyn Bartram has been bought for $26,000 in the first auction for the five-week Hockey India League.
The Kookaburras' coach should be named before December while suspended Tom Craig was among 12 players to win contracts in the returning Indian Hockey League.
The Kookaburras midfielder banned for six months after being caught trying to buy drugs at the Paris Olympics has been handed a big payday to play overseas.
Perth Thundersticks have opened their Hockey One Women’s season by slamming 10 goals past Canberra Chill in a statement victory.
One of world hockey’s biggest stars has been locked in to make her debut for Perth Thundersticks in the first game of the Hockey One season.
Three stars, who all represented Australia at the Paris Olympics this year, have been unveiled as the Perth Thundersticks’ captains for this season.
UWA have held their nerve in a dramatic one-on-one shootout to win Hockey WA’s men’s Premier League, handing Melville a second grand final defeat in as many years.
Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been banned from playing for the Kookaburras for at least six months after his arrest in Paris during the Olympics.
Kookaburras midfielder Tom Craig will be forced to serve a six-month ban from the sport after he was caught trying to buy cocaine in Paris during the Olympics.
A former deputy principal of a Perth public school accused of committing multiple child sex offences over 25 years has had his identity suppressed after his lawyer argued he had suffered vigilante attacks.
Rebecca Le May and Bethany Hiatt
