Australia men's national under-21 field hockey team

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Australia
Australia
Nickname(s)Burras
AssociationHockey Australia
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
Head CoachBen Bishop
Assistant coach(es)Brent Livermore
ManagerAndrew Smith
CaptainMax Hendry
Junior World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1982)
Best result1st (1997)
Medal record
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1997 Milton Keynes
Silver medal – second place
Silver medal – second place
Silver medal – second place 2005 Rotterdam
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Terrasa
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Johor Bahru – Singapore

The Australia men's national under–21 field hockey team, represents Australia in international under–21 field hockey and at the Junior World Cup. The team is controlled by the governing body for field hockey in Australia, Hockey Australia, which is currently a member of the Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF) and the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The team's official nickname is the Burras.[1]

The team's first recorded appearance was at the , where the team won a silver medal.

The team's last appearance was during an eight nations tournament during June 2019 in Madrid, Spain.[2]

History[]

Tournament Records[]

Junior World Cup
Year Location Position Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1979 France Versailles, France Did not participate
1982 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd 7 4 1 2 21 12 +9 9
1985 Canada Vancouver, Canada 4th 8 4 2 2 33 15 +18 10
1989 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd 7 5 2 0 23 10 +13 12
1993 Spain Terrassa, Spain 3rd 7 5 1 1 19 7 +12 16
1997 England Milton Keynes, England 1st 7 5 2 0 23 9 +14 17
2001 Australia Hobart, Australia 6th 8 3 2 3 17 12 +5 11
2005 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 2nd 8 5 1 2 37 14 +23 16
2009 Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Singapore Singapore 		3rd 8 7 1 1 30 8 +22 22
2013 India New Delhi, India 5th 6 4 1 1 16 9 +7 13
2016 India Lucknow, India 4th 6 4 1 1 15 9 +6 13

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following 19 players represented the Burras at the 2019 Eight Nations Tournament from 10–16 June, in Madrid, Spain.[3][4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
31 1GK (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Australia Western Australia Under–21
32 1GK (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 (age 23) 8 0 Australia Queensland Under–21
9 2DF (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 22) 5 0 Australia
13 2DF (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 23) 11 0 Australia Western Australia Under–21
20 2DF (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22) 5 1 Australia Western Australia Under–21
22 2DF (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 22) 5 0 Australia
24 2DF (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 22) 3 0 Australia Western Australia Under–21
7 3MF (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 22) 4 2 Australia Queensland Under–21
18 3MF (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 24) 17 0 Australia
23 3MF (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 24) 3 1 Australia
25 3MF (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 23) 4 0 Australia Queensland Under–21
26 3MF (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 (age 23) 21 1 Australia Victoria Under–21
28 3MF (1999-08-15) 15 August 1999 (age 22) 2 0 Australia
6 4FW (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Australia Victoria Under–21
8 4FW (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 22) 4 0 Australia Western Australia Under–21
11 4FW (C) (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 24) 30 14 Australia Victoria Under–21
12 4FW (1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 22) 17 2 Australia
16 4FW Nathan Ephraums (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 22) 17 13 Australia Victoria Under–21
19 4FW (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 20) 4 1 Australia Queensland Under–21

References[]

  1. ^ "National Programs". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 8 Nations Invitational Tournament (U 21) M". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Burras Team Named For 8 Nations Invitational Tournament". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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