Gareth Furlong

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Welsh field hockey player

Born (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 33)
Cambridge, England

Playing position Defender

Years Team

?-2009 Cambridge Nomads

Gareth Furlong

Personal information

Born

(1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 33)
Cambridge, England

Playing position

Defender

Senior career

Years

Team

?-2009

Cambridge Nomads

2009-2011

2011-2014

2014–2018

2018–2019

2019–2020

2020–2021

2021–Present

2024–Present

National team

Years

Team

Caps

Goals

2010-Present

Wales

163

(108)

2024-Present

(7)

Medal record

Representing Wales

European Championship II
	2025 Lousada	Team

Gareth Furlong (born 10 May 1992)^[1] is a Welsh field hockey player, who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. His brother is Rhodri Furlong.^[2]

Furlong, born in Cambridge,^[3] began playing club hockey for Cambridge Nomads before joining Harleston Magpies.^[4] He made his Welsh senior debut against the United States in 2010^[4]

He studied Sport Science at Sheffield Hallam University and duly played for Sheffield Hallam HC and was called up to represent Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.^[5]

He later played for Surbiton Hockey Club, where he won the league title in both the 17/18 and 18/19 seasons and was selected to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.^[6] Furlong then moved to the Netherlands to play for HC Tilburg which was split for one season with Cardiff & Met, while he completed a masters degree.^[4]

He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.^[7]

After returning to play for Surbiton, Furlong was part of the team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season.^[8]

In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final.^[9]^[10]

References

↑ "Gareth Furlong". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
↑ "Welsh hockey legend praises his first club Cambridge Nomads". Cambridge News. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
↑ "The Paris 2024 Olympic Hockey squad:". Great Britain Hockey Sport. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
1 2 3 "Gareth Furlong". Hockey Wales. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
↑ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
↑ "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
↑ "Wales men beat Ireland in EuroHockey II final shootout". FBBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
↑ "EuroHockey Championship II 2025 Men". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

External links

Gareth Furlong at the International Hockey Federation

Gareth Furlong at Olympedia

Wales & Great Britain squads

v t e Wales squad – 2014 Commonwealth Games – 9th place
1 Carless 2 D. Kyriakides 3 Swainson 4 Prosser 5 Cornick 6 Ruxton 7 Gay 8 H. Jones 9 Rees 10 Brignull 11 Gowman 12 Furlong 13 Dolan-Gray 14 Shaw 15 J. Kyriakides 16 Kettle (gk) Coach: Z. Jones

v t e Wales squad – 2018 Commonwealth Games – 9th place
1 Carson 2 Dinnie 3 Dolan-Gray 4 Draper 5 Fortnam (gk) 6 Francis 7 Furlong 8 Gooch 9 Gowman 10 Hawker co-(c) 11 Hutchinson 12 Jones 13 Kelly 14 Kettle (gk) 15 D. Kyriakides 16 J. Kyriakides 17 Prosser co-(c) 18 Shipperley Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2019 EuroHockey Championship – 6th place
1 Fortnam (gk) 2 Kyriakides 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 21 Gooch 24 H. Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 32 Tranter (gk) Coach: Z. Jones

v t e Wales squad – 2021 EuroHockey Championship – 7th place
1 Fortnam (gk) 2 Kyriakides 4 Wall 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 20 Morgan 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 32 Tranter (gk) 35 Newbold Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2022 Commonwealth Games – 6th place
1 Reynolds-Cotterill (gk) 2 Roblin (gk) 3 Kyriakides 4 Wall 5 Dinnie 6 Draper 7 Naughalty 8 Prosser 9 Shipperley 11 Carson 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker 31 Griffiths Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2023 World Cup – 11th place
3 Kyriakides 4 Wall 6 Draper 8 Prosser (C) 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 11 Carson 12 Kelly 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 23 Pritchard 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 31 Griffiths 33 Payne (gk) 35 Newbold 50 Reynolds-Cotterill (gk) Coach: Newcombe

v t e Wales squad – 2023 EuroHockey Championship – 8th place
1 Roblin (gk) 3 Kyriakides 6 Draper 9 Shipperley (C) 10 R. Furlong 12 Kelly 13 Hutchinson 15 Bradshaw 18 G. Furlong 19 Dolan-Gray 20 Morgan 23 Pritchard 24 Jones 25 Francis 26 Hawker (C) 31 Griffiths 35 Newbold 50 Reynolds-Cotterill (gk) Coach: Newcombe

v t e Great Britain squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – 7th place
2 Park 3 Waller 5 Ames (C) 6 Draper 7 Wallace 8 Shipperley 13 Ward 14 Albery 15 Roper 19 Goodfield 20 Payne 26 Sanford 28 Morton 29 Sorsby 30 Williamson 31 Calnan 33 Nurse 38 Furlong Coach: Revington

v t e Wales squad – 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II – Gold medal
3 Kyriakides 5 Dinnie 6 Draper 7 Griffiths 9 Shipperley (co-C) 13 Hutchinson 14 Sutton 15 Bradshaw 17 Newbold 18 G. Furlong 20 J. Morgan 23 Pritchard 24 Jones 25 Francis (co-C) 33 Payne (gk) 44 N. Morgan 50 Reynolds-Cotterill (gk) 61 Bennett Coach: Newcombe

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