Dylan Wotherspoon

Dylan Wotherspoon made his senior international debut against India in late 2014.

In April 2015 he made his tournament debut in the 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, scoring 3 goals in the tournament.[9] Wotherspoon scored his first ever international goal in this tournament, scoring in Australia's 7-0 win over Canada.[10] In December 2015 was selected for the 2014-15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final where he scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against The Netherlands.[11]

In 2016 he was named in the squad for the 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in London,[12] but had to withdraw with injury, which also ruled him out of the 2016 Olympic Games.[13] In November 2016 Wotherspoon returned from injury to be named player of the tournament in the 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey in Melbourne.[14]

In April Wotherspoon was named in the squad for the [[2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup]][15] and scored a goal in the tournament final.[16] In July he was selected for the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals in Johannesburg.[17] In October, Wotherspoon scored 7 goals in Australia's Oceania Cup triumph.[18] In December he was selected for the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final where he was awarded his 50th cap and scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against Germany.[19]

In February 2018 Wotherspoon played in all four test matches against The Netherlands in Perth.[20] He then played all 6 matches and scored two goals in Australia's successful Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament win in March 2018.[21] In April 2018 Dylan won a gold medal as part of Australia's gold medal winning team in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Dylan's home city of The Gold Coast.[22] Dylan played all 6 matches, scoring a goal against Scotland[23] and two goals against Canada.[24][25] In September, Dylan was selected for the 2018 Men's International Hockey Open in Darwin.[26] He scored in the opening match, a 5-2 victory over Malaysia,[27] then netted a hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Japan.[28] Despite losing 2-1 to Argentina in the final, Wotherspoon finished the tournament as the top goal scorer with 4 goals.[29] Dylan was named in the Kookaburra's squad to play in the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar [30] where he played in all six matches [31] and scored a goal against China.[32]

After being rotated from the squad for the opening fixtures of the 2019 Men's FIH Pro League, Wotherspoon scored his 30th international goal in the 4-2 win over Germany in Hobart in February.[33] He then played in the 2-1 win over Spain in Sydney,[34] as well as in the 3-2 win over Argentina[35] and 5-1 win over New Zealand, both in Sydney in March.[36] Unfortunately he injured his hamstring after only 5 minutes during the 3-4 Anzac Day win over New Zealand in Auckland and could not return to the field.[37] Dylan returned from injury to the squad for the European leg of the League in June 2019.[38]

Dylan started the year playing in the 2020 Men's FIH Pro League, scoring his 31st international goal against Great Britain.[39] In February Dylan celebrated his 90th cap by scoring against India in Odisha.[40]