2003 Men's Australian Hockey League

March 2026 March 2026 2003 Men'sAustralian Hockey League Australia 11 11 8 1 March – 6 April Queensland QLD Blades 1 Western Australia WA Thundersticks New South Wales NSW Panthers 52 323 Victoria Andrew SmithWestern Australia Tristram Woodhouse 16 Tasmania Matthew Wells 2002 2002 Men's Australian Hockey League 2004 2004 Men's Australian Hockey League The 2003 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 12th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 1 March through to 6 April 2003.https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/Library/archive/digital_archive/hockey/Hocky_Australia_Annual_Report_2002-2003.pdf Hockey Australia Annual Report 2002–2003 Government of Australia clearinghouseforsport.gov.au 16 March 2026 The QLD Blades won the title, defeating the WA Thundersticks 4–3 in the final. In the third place match, the NSW Panthers defeated the VIC Vikings 6–5 in golden goal extra time.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-02-28/blades-thundersticks-make-it-three-in-a-row/143954?pfmredir=sm&pfm=ms Blades, Thundersticks make it three in a row ABC abc.net.au 28 February 2004 17 March 20262003 AHL - Men http://www.hockey.org.au/tournaments/competition_details.asp?CompetitionID=163 https://web.archive.org/web/20050414134926/http://www.hockey.org.au/tournaments/competition_details.asp?CompetitionID=163 dead 14 April 2005 Hockey Australia hockey.org.au 17 March 2026 dmy-all Participating teams South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers New South Wales NSW Panthers Queensland QLD Blades Tasmania Tassie Tigers Northern Territory Territory Stingers Victoria VIC Vikings Western Australia WA Thundersticks Competition format The 2003 Men's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches. Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage. The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states. As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format. Point allocation PointsW WinWD Win DrawLD Loss DrawL Loss 3 2 1 0 Every match in the 2003 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point. Preliminary round Pool main WL OT goals WD LD complete Hockey Australia THU NSW QLD VIC TAS CAN TER ADL 0 0 0 11 18 55 4 1 0 6 32 44 6 8 1 1 1 50 30 6 6 1 0 4 35 26 6 4 0 3 4 33 32 6 1 0 0 10 14 38 3 6 2 0 3 38 22 10 0 1 0 48 21 9 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers New South Wales NSW Panthers Queensland QLD Blades Tasmania Tassie Tigers Northern Territory Territory Stingers Victoria VIC Vikings Western Australia WA Thundersticks 3 2 1 0 SF SF SF SF FE FE FE FE Q green1 Semi-finals Fifth to eighth place 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) matches won; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result. Fixtures 1 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 3–3 yes Victoria VIC Vikings Report Richardson FG 6Guest PC 48Wright FG 67 Doerner PC 30Smith PC 45 PC 66 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart 3–1 1 March 2003 16:00 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 5–5 yes Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Onitiri FG 28Stebbings FG 42Gilson FG 52M. Hotchkis FG 53MacKinnon PC 67 Woodhouse FG 34 FG 39 FG 40 FG 47Bolton FG 44 National Hockey Centre, Canberra 5–4 1 March 2003 18:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 1–5 Queensland QLD Blades Report Boland FG 4 Elder PC 10 FG 16 PS 28Eglington FG 19Dwyer PC 52 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide 1 March 2003 18:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 1–2 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report D. Hennessy PC 38 Matheson PC 21Hogan FG 45 Future Comms Hockey Centre, Darwin 2 March 2003 13:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 2–4 Queensland QLD Blades Report Knight PC 29Schubert FG 43 Hammond FG 3 FG 10Elder PC 41 PC 65 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide 2 March 2003 14:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 1–2 yes Victoria VIC Vikings Report Stott FG 6 Vivian-Taylor PC 53Smith PC 77 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart 2 March 2003 14:30 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 1–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Bishop FG 35 Regan PC 20 FG 33Woodhouse FG 21Gaudoin PS 48 National Hockey Centre, Canberra 2 March 2003 18:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 0–4 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Harris PS 11Hogan FG 17Naylor FG 41Green FG 45 Future Comms Hockey Centre, Darwin 7 March 2003 20:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 1–3 Queensland QLD Blades Report Anstess FG 19 Butler FG 7Elder FG 10Bullion PC 65 Future Comms Hockey Centre, Darwin 8 March 2003 13:00 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 6–5 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report McCann FG 47 PC 63Fibbins PC 53Harris PC 56Livermore FG 60Matheson PC 62 Judge FG 14 FG 24Stebbings FG 17M. Hotchkis FG 42MacKinnon PC 58 Lithgow Hockey Stadium, Lithgow 8 March 2003 15:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 0–4 Victoria VIC Vikings Report T. Brooks FG 12Doerner PC 38J. Brooks FG 45Smith PC 54 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide 8 March 2003 18:00 (ACST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 2–5 Queensland QLD Blades Report C. Hennessy PC 34Luck PC 52 Elder FG 7Hammond FG 38Eglington FG 46Butler FG 51Barry FG 57 Future Comms Hockey Centre, Darwin 8 March 2003 19:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 3–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report McIntyre FG 12Galvin FG 41Bolton PC 57 Guest PC 20 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 9 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 7–2 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Hogan FG 5Fibbins FG 34 FG 52 FG 63 FG 66McCann FG 54Livermore PS 58 Stebbings FG 5M. Hotchkis FG 15 Lithgow Hockey Stadium, Lithgow 9 March 2003 15:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 0–3 Victoria VIC Vikings Report T. Brooks FG 6Doerner PC 22Smith FG 60 Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide 9 March 2003 17:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 4–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Gibson FG 14Woodhouse FG 18 FG 40Gaudoin PS 41 Tremayne FG 26 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 14 March 2003 20:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 6–2 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report McIntyre FG 4Bolton FG 9S. Boyce PC 13Woodhouse FG 18Trigwell FG 56M. Boyce FG 68 C. Hennessy FG 22 PC 37 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 15 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) VIC Vikings Victoria 4–3 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report McLennan FG 5J. Brooks PC 28Smith FG 51Ford FG 52 Gilson FG 17Z. Hawes PC 29 PC 54 Albury Hockey Centre, Albury 15 March 2003 15:30 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 5–1 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Sproule FG 5Close FG 37Marshall FG 47Guest PC 55Wright FG 70 Boland FG 47 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart 15 March 2003 18:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 2–4 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Bullion FG 29Elder PC 51 Livermore PC 4 PS 19Hogan FG 30McCann FG 53 State Hockey Centre, Brisbane 15 March 2003 20:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 2–0 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Woodhouse FG 3 FG 17 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 16 March 2003 13:30 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 6–3 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Tremayne FG 2 FG 70Richardson FG 5Guest PC 35Stott PS 60Wells PC 67 Victory PS 27 FG 67Knight PC 66 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart 16 March 2003 14:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 5–4 yes New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Elder PC 5Dwyer FG 27 PC 48Clutton PC 52Eglington PC 78 Commens PC 39 FG 69McCann PC 61 FG 65 State Hockey Centre, Brisbane 16 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) VIC Vikings Victoria 6–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Smith PS 4 FG 11Doerner PC 32 PC 65McLennan FG 38Manos PC 45 Judge PC 44 Albury Hockey Centre, Albury 22 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) VIC Vikings Victoria 2–0 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Monte FG 3Vivian-Taylor FG 19 State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne 22 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 5–2 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Commens PC 23McCann FG 3 PC 39Hogan FG 32Fibbins FG 34 Wells PC 44Close FG 54 Newcastle International Hockey Complex, Newcastle 22 March 2003 16:00 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 6–3 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Z. Hawes PC 11 FG 34 PC 58Davidson PC 17Stebbings FG 21MacKinnon PC 40 Victory FG 23Boland FG 24Schubert PC 49 National Hockey Centre, Canberra 22 March 2003 18:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 2–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Dwyer PC 43Eglington FG 44 Woodhouse FG 17Gaudoin PS 33 PC 60Gibson FG 40 State Hockey Centre, Brisbane 23 March 2003 13:00 (AEDT) NSW Panthers New South Wales 6–5 yes Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report McCann FG 44 FG 47Fibbins FG 52 FG 56 FG 70 PC 75 Wells PC 30 PC 58Close PC 32 FG 66Richardson FG 69 Newcastle International Hockey Complex, Newcastle 23 March 2003 14:30 (AEDT) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 3–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Stebbings FG 35Taylor FG 48Davidson PC 53 Victory PS 11Schubert FG 32 National Hockey Centre, Canberra 23 March 2003 15:00 (AEST) QLD Blades Queensland 0–2 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report M. Boyce PS 13S. Boyce PS 65 State Hockey Centre, Brisbane 23 March 2003 15:00 (AEDT) VIC Vikings Victoria 5–1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report T. Brooks FG 4 FG 68Smith PC 13 PS 22 FG 65 Abbott FG 18 State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne 31 March 2003 12:00 (AWST) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 2–1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Judge FG 18 PC 60 C. Hennessy PC 15 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 31 March 2003 14:00 (AWST) QLD Blades Queensland 3–1 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report Elder PC 6Dwyer FG 15Bullion FG 58 Richardson FG 44 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 31 March 2003 18:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 5–4 Victoria VIC Vikings Report Gaudoin PS 13McIntyre PC 32M. Boyce FG 43Gibson PC 47Hopkins PC 51 Ford FG 5Smith FG 15Vivian-Taylor FG 48Doerner PC 62 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 31 March 2003 20:00 (AWST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 5–1 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Hogan PC 1 FG 55Livermore PC 27 PC 43Naylor PC 53 Schubert FG 62 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 1 April 2003 14:00 (AWST) Territory Stingers Northern Territory 1–4 Tasmania Tassie Tigers Report C. Hennessy PC 13 Wells PC 9Mitchell PC 45Guest FG 46Richardson PC 57 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 1 April 2003 16:00 (AWST) QLD Blades Queensland 2–3 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Brown PC 13Dwyer FG 19 Z. Hawes PC 42Hotchkis FG 67Turner FG 69 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 1 April 2003 18:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 9–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Gaudoin PC 7Hopkins PC 12McIntyre FG 15 PC 64S. Boyce PC 18 PC 52 PC 60Trigwell FG 42George PC 58 Stephen FG 57Knight PC 66 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 1 April 2003 20:00 (AWST) VIC Vikings Victoria 3–4 New South Wales NSW Panthers Report T. Brooks PC 21Smith PC 29J. Brooks FG 49 Fibbins FG 6Harris PS 35McCann PC 44Livermore PS 59 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 3 April 2003 12:00 (AWST) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 4–1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Richardson PC 9Close FG 39Mitchell PC 40 PC 60 Bishop FG 15 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 3 April 2003 14:00 (AWST) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 3–5 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Schubert FG 6Victory FG 10Lee PC 39 Clarke FG 26D. Hennessy PC 43 PC 47 PC 48 PC 50 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 3 April 2003 18:00 (AWST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 3–4 Western Australia WA Thundersticks Report Livermore PC 42 PC 62McCann FG 63 Galvin FG 15Woodhouse FG 20 FG 70Gibson PC 29 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 3 April 2003 18:00 (AWST) VIC Vikings Victoria 2–4 Queensland QLD Blades Report Smith PC 22 PC 37 Dwyer PS 2 PC 51Eglington FG 28Elder FG 70 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Classification round Bracket Crossover Fifth place Seventh place 170 55 high 5 April 2003 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 4 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots 2 5 April 2003 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 5 Northern Territory Territory Stingers 0 6 April 2003 Tasmania Tassie Tigers 5 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers 3 6 April 2003 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots 1 Northern Territory Territory Stingers 3 Crossover 5 April 2003 09:00 (AWST) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 4–2 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Report Wells PC 28 PC 50Mitchell PC 38Close PC 56 Victory FG 43Lee PC 40 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 5 April 2003 09:30 (AWST) Canberra Lakers Australian Capital Territory 5–0 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report J. Hawes PS 4Chessell FG 28MacKinnon FG 48Judge FG 57Davidson FG 68 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Seventh and eighth place 6 April 2003 09:00 (AWST) Adelaide Hotshots South Australia 1–3 Northern Territory Territory Stingers Report Dry PC 62 Moodie FG 2D. Hennessy PC 41 PC 68 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Fifth and sixth place 6 April 2003 08:30 (AWST) Tassie Tigers Tasmania 5–3 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers Report Close FG 4Marshall PC 16 PC 20Murgatroyd PC 26Stott FG 62 Judge FG 40 FG 42 FG 55 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Medal round Bracket Semi-finals Final Third place 170 55 high 5 April 2003 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 7 Victoria VIC Vikings 2 5 April 2003 New South Wales NSW Panthers 1 Queensland QLD Blades 4 6 April 2003 Western Australia WA Thundersticks 3 Queensland QLD Blades 4 6 April 2003 Victoria VIC Vikings 5 New South Wales NSW Panthers (a.e.t) 6 Semi-finals 5 April 2003 11:00 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 7–2 Victoria VIC Vikings Report Woodhouse FG 16 PC 51Hopkins PC 22 PC 31Galvin FG 53 FG 65S. Boyce PC 69 McLennan FG 9Smith PC 14 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth 5 April 2003 13:00 (AWST) NSW Panthers New South Wales 1–4 Queensland QLD Blades Report Harris PC 63 Brown FG 13 FG 46Bullion PC 21Eglington PC 52 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Third and fourth place 6 April 2003 10:30 (AWST) VIC Vikings Victoria 5–6 yes New South Wales NSW Panthers Report Ford FG 8Geraghty FG 18 FG 61Vivian-Taylor FG 70J. Brooks FG 70 Naylor FG 7Booth PC 13 PC 42McCann PC 18 FG 79Fletcher FG 50 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Final 6 April 2003 12:30 (AWST) WA Thundersticks Western Australia 3–4 Queensland QLD Blades Report Woodhouse FG 16Bolton FG 37Gaudoin PS 54 Elder PC 24 PS 29 PC 39Eglington FG 54 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Awards The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament. Top GoalscorerPlayer of the LeaguePlayer of the Final Victoria Andrew SmithWestern Australia Tristram Woodhouse Tasmania Matthew Wells Queensland Dean Butler Final standings main WL OT goals WD LD complete Clearing House QLD THU NSW VIC TAS CAN TER ADL G S B 0 0 0 13 21 62 5 1 0 7 40 49 6 8 2 1 2 57 39 6 8 1 0 4 43 30 6 6 0 3 4 42 37 6 2 0 0 11 17 44 3 6 2 1 4 45 35 11 0 1 1 58 27 9 South Australia Adelaide Hotshots Australian Capital Territory Canberra Lakers New South Wales NSW Panthers Queensland QLD Blades Tasmania Tassie Tigers Northern Territory Territory Stingers Victoria VIC Vikings Western Australia WA Thundersticks 3 2 1 0 Q gold Gold Medal silver Silver Medal #cc9966 Bronze Medal Goalscorers 52 323 Victoria Andrew Smith Western Australia Tristram Woodhouse New South Wales Michael McCann Queensland Troy Elder New South Wales David Fibbins Australian Capital Territory Lucas Judge New South Wales Brent Livermore Queensland Jamie Dwyer New South Wales Michael Hogan Queensland Nathan Eglington Tasmania Oliver Close Tasmania Matthew Wells Northern Territory David Hennessy Western Australia Paul Gaudoin South Australia Craig Victory Australian Capital Territory Zachary Hawes Tasmania Marcus Richardson Victoria Luke Doerner Western Australia Steven Boyce South Australia Grant Schubert Australian Capital Territory Jonathan Stebbings Tasmania David Guest Northern Territory Colin Hennessy Victoria Travis Brooks Western Australia Murray McIntyre Australian Capital Territory Matthew Hotchkis Australian Capital Territory Paul MacKinnon New South Wales Mark Harris Queensland Steven Bullion Tasmania David Mitchell Victoria Jason Brooks Victoria Lachlan Vivian-Taylor Western Australia Guy Bolton Western Australia David Galvin Western Australia Richard Gibson Western Australia Aaron Hopkins South Australia Evan Boland South Australia Tasman Knight Australian Capital Territory Iain Davidson New South Wales Adam Commens New South Wales Matthew Naylor Queensland Blair Brown Queensland Robert Hammond Tasmania Phillip Marshall Tasmania Niall Stott Tasmania Nicholas Tremayne Victoria Russell Ford Victoria Alistair McLennan Western Australia Michael Boyce South Australia Matthew Lee Australian Capital Territory Benjamin Bishop Australian Capital Territory Evan Gilson New South Wales Brendan Booth New South Wales Eli Matheson Queensland Dean Butler Tasmania Zain Wright Victoria Declan Geraghty Western Australia Matthew Regan Western Australia Daniel Trigwell South Australia Joel Dry South Australia Dale Stephen Australian Capital Territory Charlie Chessell Australian Capital Territory Joshua Hawes Australian Capital Territory Seyi Onitiri Australian Capital Territory Benjamin Taylor Australian Capital Territory Glenn Turner New South Wales Stuart Fletcher New South Wales Robert Green Queensland Wayne Barry Queensland George Clutton Tasmania Tony Murgatroyd Tasmania Daniel Sproule Northern Territory Desmond Abbott Northern Territory Gregory Anstess Northern Territory Robert Clarke Northern Territory Rhys Luck Northern Territory Graham Moodie Victoria Jason Manos Victoria Andrew Monte Western Australia Bevan George References External links Hockey Australia Category:Australian Hockey League