Phil Roper

{{Infobox field hockey player

|name=Phil Roper

|image= Phil Roper.djc 01.jpg

|fullname=Philip Andrew Roper

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1992|1|24|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Chester, England

|height=1.80 m

|weight=66 kg

|position=Midfielder / Forward

|youthclubs1=Chester HC

|youthyears1=2000–2010

|clubs1=Brooklands MU

|years1=2008-2009

|clubs2=Sheffield Hallam

|years2=2010-2013

|clubs3=Wimbledon

|years3=2013-2021

|clubs4=Oranje-Rood

|years4=2021-2022

|nationalteam1=England & GB

|nationalyears1=2013–present

|nationalcaps1=163

|nationalgoals1=39

|medaltemplates=

|clubs5=Holcombe HC|years5=2022-2023|clubs6=Old Georgians|years6=2024-present}}

Phillip Andrew "Phil" 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.{{cite web | url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/phil-roper | title=Phil Roper | Team England | Birmingham 2022 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8546&itemTitle=Phil+Roper§ion=44 |title=Senior Squads | England Hockey}}

Club career

Roper joined Dutch club Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season, for at least two seasons.{{cite web |title=Oranje Rood get their man... Phil Roper signs. |date=17 February 2021 |url=https://hockeywrldnws.com/orange-rood-get-their-man-phil-roper-signs/ |access-date=6 March 2021}}

He previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon.

He 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.{{cite web |url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/player/267481/overview/Phil-Roper |title=EHL Statistics |work=Fixtureslive.com |accessdate=2015-01-24}}

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.

International career

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.{{cite web |title=Phil Roper biography |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1023989/phil_roper.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132302/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1023989/phil_roper.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 October 2014 |accessdate=2014-10-04}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=41121&itemTitle=Great+Britain+and+England%27s+men+announce+landmark+captaincy+structure§ion=22 |title=Latest Media | England Hockey}} On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.{{cite web |title=England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/england-squads-for-2021-eurohockey-championships-announced?dm_i=K8Z,7E1KO,3D8XWY,U036V,1 |website=englandhockey.co.uk |publisher=England Hockey |access-date=28 May 2021 |date=28 May 2021}}

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
[https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/phil-roper Phil Roper] on England Hockey
{{Team England|phil-roper}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56168|Phillip Roper}}

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