Ansell played club hockey for (in order) Wycombe,
Richmond,
Sheffield Hallam, Dutch Club
Den Bosch,
Surbiton. From 2018 to 2020 he played for
East Grinstead and represented England at the
2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Ansell joined
Wimbledon in the
Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2020 and while at Wimbledon he was selected to represent Great Britain squad for the delayed
2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He also went to his second Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal with
England in the
Men's tournament at the
2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. For the 2022–23 season he transferred to
Amsterdam but after one season he returned to Wimbledon for the
2024–-25 season. == References ==