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Brisbane Blaze
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Brisbane Blaze is an Australian professional hockey club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.[1][2]

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The club unifies both men and women under one name,[3] unlike Queensland's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the QLD Blade (men) and QLD Scorchers (women).[4][5]

Brisbane Blaze will compete for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.[6]

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History

Brisbane Blaze, along with six other teams, was founded on 17 April 2019 as part of Hockey Australia's development of hockey.[7]

The team's logo and colours are inspired by the new team name, 'Blaze', which is an adaption of Queensland's former representative women's team the Scorchers. The new colours are burnt orange and yellow.[8]

Home Stadium

Brisbane Blaze are based out of Queensland Hockey Centre in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. The stadium has a capacity of 1,000 spectators, with additional seating available.[9]

Throughout every season of Hockey One, the both them men's and women's team play three home matches each at the stadium. In 2024, the Blaze women were undefeated at home, while the men won all bar one game at the QHC (Round 3, 0-2 loss to Canberra Chill).[10][11]

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Teams

Men's team

The following players were names in the men's preliminary squad.[12]

Women's team

The following players were names in the women's preliminary squad.[13]

References

External links

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