Hockey silver

We expect our great sporting moments to be supplied by football, GAA, rugby, golf or Katie Taylor. The real sporting success story, as remarkable as it was unexpected, was the performance of the Irish women’s hockey team at the 2018 World Cup. Despite never having been ranked higher than 14th in the world, the Irish women made it all the way to the nal in London. A nation suddenly became experts in penalty corners, long hits and agrant fouls.