Background: Field hockey is a team sport in which the competing teams attempt to score into the opposing team’s goal. In the attempt to score goals, players’ sprint (with possession of the ball) making sudden change in the direction of movement around their opponents which increases the risk of musculoskeletal injury and pain. Aim:This study documented the prevalence of hockey related musculoskeletal pain among the South African female senior national hockey team (n=30). Methods: Subjects completed a self-report questionnaire, which gathered their biographical, epidemiological and exercise history over the last 12 months. The following descriptive statistics (mode, mean, frequency, percentages) and inferential statistics (chi-square set at a probability of 0.05) were employed to analyse the data. Results:Twenty-eight (93.33%) of the cohort sustained musculoskeletal pain within the last 12 months (p< 0.001). The most prevalent anatomical sites that sustained hockey related musculoskeletal pain were; ankles (24.14%), lower back and hip (22.41%), lower leg (13.79%), knees (12.07%) and thighs (10.34%) (p< 0.01). The predisposing mechanisms of producing these hockey related musculoskeletal pain were rapid, rotational movement (43.75%), collision with players (18.75%), and being struck with the ball (12.5%) (p<0.01). Conclusion: The South African senior female hockey team experienced a high prevalence of hockey related ankle and lower back and hip musculoskeletal pain.