Joshua Simmonds
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| Born |
4 October 1995 Ringwood, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Doncaster Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | NT Stingers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | VIC Vikings | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Australia U–21 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Australia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joshua Simmonds (born 4 October 1995)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2]
Personal life
Joshua Simmonds was born and raised in Ringwood, Victoria.[2]
He is a member of the Victorian Institute of Sport, and has referenced Floyd Mayweather as his sporting hero.[3]
Career
Club level
At club level, Joshua Simmonds plays hockey for Doncaster Hockey Club in the Victorian Premier League.[4] He has also played for YMCA Coastal City Hockey Club in the Western Australia Premier Competition.[5]
State level
Throughout his youth, Joshua Simmonds represented his home state, Victoria, in all domestic competitions.[6]
In 2014, Simmonds was recruited by the NT Stingers in the Australian Hockey League as an import player.[7] Following his AHL debut for the Northern Territory, Simmonds returned to play for the VIC Vikings from 2015 onwards.[6] This included winning the championship at the 2016 edition.[8]
Following the overhaul of the AHL in 2018, Simmonds was selected to represent HC Melbourne in Hockey Australia's new domestic league, Hockey One, in 2019.[9]
National teams
Under–21
Joshua Simmonds made his junior international debut for the Australia U–21 side in 2015, at the Sultan of Johor Cup, where the team finished fifth.[10]
In 2016, Simmonds went on to represent the side again; at the Sultan of Johor Cup and Junior World Cup.[11]
Kookaburras
Following two years in the national development squad, Simmonds made his senior international debut for the Kookaburras in 2018 during a test match against Argentina in Darwin, Northern Territory.[11] He then went on the represent the team during the International Hockey Open.[12] In November 2018, Simmonds was named in the Kookaburras squad for the 2019 calendar year.[13]
Simmonds started 2019 in the Kookaburras team during the FIH Pro League in Melbourne, Victoria.[14] Simmonds continued to represent the team during the Pro League, culminating with a gold medal in Amstelveen, following a 3–2 win over Belgium.
References
- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Joshua Simmonds". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "JOSH SIMMONDS". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Congratulations to Josh Simmonds now in the Kookaburra Squad". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "SIMMONDS Joshua". hockeywa.altiusrt.com. Hockey WA. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ a b "SIMMONDS Josh". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "AHL Teams Named". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. Just Hockey. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Hockey Club Melbourne – Men's Squad". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Aussies finish fifth". sultanjohorcup.com.my. Sultan of Johor Cup. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ a b "SIMMONDS Joshua". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "KOOKABURRAS TEAM NAMED FOR DARWIN INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY OPEN". justhockey.com.au. Just Hockey. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 National Senior Men's Squad Announced". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "FIH Pro League: Doncaster's Josh Simmonds and Hayley Padget play on home soil". heraldsun.com.au. Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2019.