Phil Roper
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| Born | 24 January 1992 Chester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder / Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] and won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[12]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[14]
He won another Premier league title with Old Georgians in 2026.[15]
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. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. 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.
- ↑ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 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.
- ↑ "EHL Premier Finals 2026 recap". England Hockey. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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 at InterSportStats
- 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
- Men's field hockey midfielders
- Men's field hockey forwards
- English men's 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 bronze medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
- 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
- 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players