Australia men's national under-21 field hockey team

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]

Australia
NicknameBurras
AssociationHockey Australia
ConfederationOHF (Oceania)
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
1997 Milton Keynes
1982 Kuala Lumpur
1989 Ipoh
2005 Rotterdam
1993 Terrasa
2009 Johor Bahru – Singapore

The team's first recorded appearance was at the 1982 Junior World Cup, 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 Versailles, France Did not participate
1982 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2nd74122112+99
1985 Vancouver, Canada 4th84223315+1810
1989 Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd75202310+1312
1993 Terrassa, Spain 3rd7511197+1216
1997 Milton Keynes, England 1st7520239+1417
2001 Hobart, Australia 6th83231712+511
2005 Rotterdam, Netherlands 2nd85123714+2316
2009 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Singapore		 3rd8711308+2222
2013 New Delhi, India 5th6411169+713
2016 Lucknow, India 4th6411159+613

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 Christian Starkie (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 2 0 Western Australia Under–21
32 1GK Cade Banditt (1998-10-21) 21 October 1998 8 0 Queensland Under–21
9 2DF Sam Gray (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 5 0 NSW Under–21
13 2DF Brayden King (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 11 0 Western Australia Under–21
20 2DF Tom Harvie (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 5 1 Western Australia Under–21
22 2DF Samuel McCulloch (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 5 0 Tasmania Under–21
24 2DF Alistair Murray (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 3 0 Western Australia Under–21
7 3MF Michael Francis (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 4 2 Queensland Under–21
18 3MF Dylan Martin (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 17 0 NSW Under–21
23 3MF Tom Brown (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 3 1 NSW Under–21
25 3MF Harrison Farrell (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 4 0 Queensland Under–21
26 3MF Jonathan Bretherton (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 21 1 Victoria Under–21
28 3MF Daine Richards (1999-08-15) 15 August 1999 2 0 NSW Under–21
6 4FW Benjamin White (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 5 0 Victoria Under–21
8 4FW Dane Gavranich (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 4 0 Western Australia Under–21
11 4FW Max Hendry (C) (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 30 14 Victoria Under–21
12 4FW Ehren Hazell (1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 17 2 NSW Under–21
16 4FW Nathan Ephraums (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 17 13 Victoria Under–21
19 4FW Liam Hart (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 4 1 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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