20 things you didn’t know about Ireland’s hockey heroes

Ahead of their historic World Cup finals weekend, Stephen Findlater looked at some things you may not know about our hockey heroes.

20 things you didn’t know about Ireland’s hockey heroes
Sun, 05 Aug, 2018 - 17:22

Ahead of their historic World Cup final, Stephen Findlater looks at some things you may not know about our hockey heroes.

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