Hugo Inglis

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Hugo Inglis

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 74 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Southern Alpiners

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Southern Dogs

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2011

| clubs1 = Southern Dogs

| years2 = 2012–2013

| clubs2 = SCHC

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = Southern Dogs

| years4 = 2014

| clubs4 = Uttar Pradesh Wizards

| years5 = 2014–2015

| clubs5 = Rotterdam

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Southern Dogs

| years7 = 2016–2019

| clubs7 = Braxgata

| years8 = 2019–2020

| clubs8 = Rotterdam

| years9 = 2020–present

clubs9 = Southern Alpiners

| nationalyears1 = 2009–present

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 237

| nationalgoals1 = 66

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

}}

Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team.{{cite web |title=Vantage Black Sticks Men |url=http://blacksticksnz.co.nz/Our-Teams/Vantage-Black-Sticks-Men/ContentId/1901 |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |publisher=Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202134006/http://blacksticksnz.co.nz/Our-Teams/Vantage-Black-Sticks-Men/ContentId/1901 |url-status=dead }}

He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and currently Rotterdam. He also represented the Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League.{{cite web |title=Hugo Inglis |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/inglis-hugo-1124919/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525002733/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/inglis-hugo-1124919/ |archive-date=25 May 2013}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/hugo-inglis-1.html |title=Hugo Inglis |access-date=5 November 2016 |archive-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218090454/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/hugo-inglis-1.html |url-status=dead }}

Club career

Inglis started playing hockey when he was five and he joined his local hockey club the Southern Dogs.{{cite web |title=Hugo Inglis, l'insaisissable attaquant du Braxgata |url=https://www.rtbf.be/sport/autres/hockey/detail_hugo-inglis-l-insaisissable-attaquant-du-braxgata?id=9411427 |website=rtbf.be |publisher=Tip-In |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=fr |date=22 September 2016}} In 2012 he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands.{{cite web |title=SCHC trekt vier Nieuw-Zeelanders én talenten aan |url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/heren/schc-trekt-vier-nieuw-zeelanders-en-talenten-aan/ |website=hoofdklassehockey.nl |publisher=Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=nl |date=10 July 2012 |archive-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202134005/https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/heren/schc-trekt-vier-nieuw-zeelanders-en-talenten-aan/ |url-status=dead }} Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand.{{cite web |title=SCHC zet in op jeugd en breidt technische staf uit |url=https://roulettefm.nl/artikel/3979269/schc-zet-in-op-jeugd-en-breidt-technische-staf-uit |website=roulettefm.nl |publisher=RouletteFM |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=nl |date=23 January 2013}} In 2014 he joined Rotterdam where he played for one season.{{cite web |title=Nieuw-Zeelands international voor Rotterdam |url=https://www.ed.nl/sport/nieuw-zeelands-international-voor-rotterdam~a7edd58b/ |website=ed.nl |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=nl |date=12 July 2014}} He returned to Europe in 2016 to play for Braxgata in Belgium.{{cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Laurent |title=Philippe Goldberg dirigera le Braxgata dès la saison prochaine |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/messieurs/audi-hockey-league/philippe-goldberg-dirigera-braxgata-saison-prochaine/ |website=hockeybelgium.lesoir.be |publisher=Hockey Belgium |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=fr |date=11 March 2016}} After three seasons with Braxgata, he returned to Rotterdam.{{cite web |last1=Demaret |first1=Philippe |title=Transferts : Inglis et Russell à Rotterdam |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/transferts-inglis-et-russell-a-rotterdam/ |website=okey.lalibre.be |publisher=Okey.be |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=fr |date=13 May 2019}}

International career

Inglis made his international team debut in 2009.{{Cite web|title=Hockey {{!}} Athlete Profile: Hugo INGLIS – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/hockey/athlete-profile-n6023604-hugo-inglis.htm|access-date=8 August 2020|website=results.gc2018.com}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was one of the New Zealand players who scored in the penalty shoot-out to decide the bronze medal, but New Zealand still lost the match to England.{{Cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 – Men's Bronze Medal Match|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_HOM400102.html|access-date=8 August 2020|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|archive-date=5 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905064747/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_HOM400102.html|url-status=dead}} He is one of three players from Dunedin to attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.{{cite web |title=Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio |url=https://olympic.org.nz/news/mens-hockey-team-confirmed-for-rio |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=15 August 2016 |date=3 June 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11694130 |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 August 2016}}{{cite news |title=Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/hockey/hockey-three-southernin-rio-team |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=4 June 2016}} In 2018, Inglis was part of the New Zealand team who won silver at the Commonwealth Games.