Joshua Simmonds
Australian field hockey player (born 1995)
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Joshua Simmonds (born 4 October 1995)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2]
Ringwood, Victoria, U.S.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
4 October 1995 Ringwood, Victoria, U.S. | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Kew-Boxhill 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 | 50 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
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 KBH Brumbies 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.
Simmonds was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[15]
