New Zealand men's national field hockey team

New Zealand
Nickname	Black Sticks
Association	New Zealand Hockey Federation
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Coach	Darren Smith
Assistant coach(es)	Bryce Collins
Manager	Kevin Marr
Captain	Blair Tarrant
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	8 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest	5 (2013)
Lowest	11 (2003)
Olympic Games
Appearances	13 (first in 1956)
Best result	1st (1976)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1973)
Best result	7th (1973, 1975, 1982, 2014)
Oceania Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1999)
Best result	2nd (11 times)
Olympic Games
Oceania Cup
Commonwealth Games
Hockey World League

The New Zealand men's national field hockey team, also known as the Black Sticks Men,[2] is the national team for men's field hockey of New Zealand, under the New Zealand Hockey Federation.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, they upset Australia to win gold, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to clinch the gold medal. They have also won silver and bronze at the 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

1956 – 6th place
1960 – 5th place
1964 – 13th place
1968 – 7th place
1972 – 9th place
1976 –
1984 – 7th place
1992 – 8th place
2004 – 6th place
2008 – 7th place
2012 – 9th place
2016 – 7th place
2020 – Qualified

World Cup

1973 – 7th place
1975 – 7th place
1982 – 7th place
1986 – 9th place
1998 – 10th place
2002 – 9th place
2006 – 8th place
2010 – 9th place
2014 – 7th place
2018 – 9th place

Commonwealth Games

1998 – 6th place
2002 –
2006 – 5th place
2010 –
2014 – 4th place
2018 –

World League

2012–13 –
2014–15 – 11th place
2016–17 – 12th place

FIH Pro League

2019 – 8th place
2020–21 – Qualified

Champions Trophy

1978 – 4th place
1983 – 6th place
1984 – 5th place
2004 – 6th place
2010 – 5th place
2011 – 4th place
2012 – 7th place

Champions Challenge

2003 – 4th place
2007 –
2009 –
2014 – 5th place

Oceania Cup

1999 –
2001 –
2003 –
2005 –
2007 –
2009 –
2011 –
2013 –
2015 –
2017 –
2019 –
2021 – Qualified

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

1991 – 4th place
1995 –
1996 – 4th place
1998 – 6th place
2000 – 6th place
2003 –
2005 – 4th place
2006 – 4th place
2008 –
2009 –
2011 – 4th place
2012 –
2013 – 4th place
2015 –
2016 –
2017 – 4th place

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 26 February 2020 for the FIH Pro League matches against Argentina on 28 February and 1 March 2020.[3]

Caps updated as of 1 March 2020, after the match against Argentina.

Head coach: Darren Smith

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
8	GK	Richard Joyce	(1992-07-30) 30 July 1992	86	Racing
34	GK	Leon Hayward	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990	7	Auckland

2	DF	Cory Bennett	(1991-07-12) 12 July 1991	113	North Harbour
3	DF	David Brydon	(1996-06-27) 27 June 1996	53	Canterbury
4	DF	Dane Lett	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990	77	Capital
18	DF	Brad Read	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995	34	Capital
19	DF	George Connell	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990	7	Canterbury
20	DF	Dwayne Rowsell	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991	31	Auckland
25	DF	Shea McAleese (Vice-captain)	(1984-08-07) 7 August 1984	310	Central

7	MF	Nick Ross	(1990-07-26) 26 July 1990	130	Southern
10	MF	Steve Edwards	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986	216	North Harbour
13	MF	Marcus Child	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991	171	Auckland
14	MF	Jared Panchia	(1993-10-18) 18 October 1993	134	Auckland
16	MF	Aidan Sarikaya	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996	46

6	FW	Simon Child	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988	284	Auckland
11	FW	Jacob Smith	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991	86	Capital
12	FW	Sam Lane	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997	65	Canterbury
23	FW	Dylan Thomas	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996	27	Central
28	FW	Dominic Newman	(1996-11-07) 7 November 1996	58	Canterbury
30	FW	George Muir	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994	141	North Harbour

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months or are part of the current training squad.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
GK	George Enersen	(1991-06-07) 7 June 1991	61	Canterbury	v. Spain, 16 February 2020

DF	Blair Tarrant (Captain)	(1990-05-11) 11 May 1990	212	Hamburger Polo Club	v. Spain, 16 February 2020
DF	Kane Russell	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992	161	Hamburger Polo Club	v. Spain, 16 February 2020
DF	Harry Miskimmin	(1994-10-12) 12 October 1994	56	Capital	v. Australia, 25 April 2019

MF	Nic Woods	(1995-08-26) 26 August 1995	128	Hamburger Polo Club	v. Spain, 16 February 2020
MF	Xavier Guy	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998	2	North Harbour	v. Spain, 16 February 2020
MF	Arun Panchia	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989	287	Auckland	v. Great Britain, 9 February 2020
MF	Hayden Phillips	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998	89	Holcombe	v. Australia, 8 September 2019

FW	Stephen Jenness	(1990-06-07) 7 June 1990	250	Herakles	v. Spain, 16 February 2020
FW	Hugo Inglis	(1991-01-18) 18 January 1991	232		v. South Korea, 3 November 2019
FW	Mackenzie Wilcox	(1996-08-07) 7 August 1996	28	Central	v. Australia, 25 April 2019

Notable players

References

"FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
"Hockey New Zealand". Retrieved 19 September 2012.
"Pan American Champions to clash with Black Sticks at Ngā Puna Wai". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[2] "Hockey New Zealand". Retrieved 19 September 2012.

[3] "Pan American Champions to clash with Black Sticks at Ngā Puna Wai". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.