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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
Appearances11 (first in 1982)
Best result1st (1997)

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 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

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Tournament Records

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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
2023 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6th 6 3 0 3 22 14 +8 9
Junior Oceania Cup
Year Location Position Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2004 Australia Wellington, New Zealand 1st 3 3 0 0 22 4 +18 9
2008 Australia Brisbane, Australia 1st 3 2 1 0 13 8 +5 7
2013 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 1st 3 3 0 0 36 4 +32 9
2016 1st 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
2022 Australia Canberra, Australia 1st 3 2 1 0 13 7 +6 7

Team

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Current squad

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The following 18 players were named in the Burras squad for the FIH Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. The squad was announced on 17 November 2023.[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 14 December 2023, following the match against Pakistan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps GoalsClub
27 GK Oliver Higgins (2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 20) 9 0 Australia Suburban Lions
28 GK Max Larkin (2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19) 10 0 Australia Tassie Tigers

1 DF Nye Roberts (2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 19) 10 0 Australia HC Melbourne
12 DF Angus Adamson (2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 19) 10 0 Australia YMCC
13 DF Dylan Downey (2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 17) 10 2 Australia NSW Pride
23 DF Cambell Geddes (2002-06-18)18 June 2002 (aged 20) 19 13 Australia Perth Thundersticks
25 DF Michael Taylor (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 20) 10 0 Australia Brisbane Blaze

2 MF William Mathison (2002-06-12)12 June 2002 (aged 20) 10 2 Australia Brisbane Blaze
6 MF Liam Henderson (2003-08-28)28 August 2003 (aged 19) 19 0 Australia HC Melbourne
7 MF Lachlan Rogers (2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (aged 18) 10 0 Australia Tassie Tigers
8 MF Toby Mallon (2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17) 14 0 Australia Briars
11 MF Max Freedman (2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 19) 13 0 Australia YMCC
16 MF Nathan Czinner (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 20) 19 2 Australia NSW Pride
19 MF Craig Marais (C) (2002-05-28)28 May 2002 (aged 20) 13 6 Australia HC Melbourne

5 FW Jake Lambeth (2002-08-30)30 August 2002 (aged 20) 11 4 Australia Royals
9 FW Diarmid Chappell (2003-11-14)14 November 2003 (aged 19) 10 1 Australia Brisbane Blaze
21 FW Cooper Burns (2002-03-06)6 March 2002 (aged 20) 19 16 Australia HC Melbourne
24 FW Brodee Foster (2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 20) 18 10 Australia Perth Thundersticks

References

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  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. ^ "Final Burras team confirmed for FIH Junior Men's World Cup". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.