Phil Roper
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
24 January 1992 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) |
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
[edit]Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[13]
Other pursuits
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Phil Roper | Team England | Birmingham 2022".
- ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Phil Roper biography". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Latest Media | England Hockey".
- ^ "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- 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
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chester
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey forwards
- English male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- HC Oranje-Rood players
- English expatriate field hockey players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- 21st-century English sportsmen