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

Nickname(s)	Burras
Association	Hockey Australia
Confederation	OHF (Oceania)
Head Coach	Ben Bishop
Assistant coach(es)	Brent Livermore
Manager	Andrew Smith
Captain	Max Hendry
Junior World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	1st (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	2nd	7	4	1	2	21	12	+9	9
1985	Vancouver, Canada	4th	8	4	2	2	33	15	+18	10
1989	Ipoh, Malaysia	2nd	7	5	2	0	23	10	+13	12
1993	Terrassa, Spain	3rd	7	5	1	1	19	7	+12	16
1997	Milton Keynes, England	1st	7	5	2	0	23	9	+14	17
2001	Hobart, Australia	6th	8	3	2	3	17	12	+5	11
2005	Rotterdam, Netherlands	2nd	8	5	1	2	37	14	+23	16
2009	Johor Bahru, Malaysia Singapore	3rd	8	7	1	1	30	8	+22	22
2013	New Delhi, India	5th	6	4	1	1	16	9	+7	13
2016	Lucknow, India	4th	6	4	1	1	15	9	+6	13
2023	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	Wellington, New Zealand	1st	3	3	0	0	22	4	+18	9
2008	Brisbane, Australia	1st	3	2	1	0	13	8	+5	7
2013	Gold Coast, Australia	1st	3	3	0	0	36	4	+32	9
2016	1st	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
2022	Canberra, Australia	1st	3	2	1	0	13	7	+6	7

Team

Current squad

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	Goals	Club
27	GK	Oliver Higgins	(2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 20)	9	0	Suburban Lions
28	GK	Max Larkin	(2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19)	10	0	Tassie Tigers
1	DF	Nye Roberts	(2003-01-24)24 January 2003 (aged 19)	10	0	HC Melbourne
12	DF	Angus Adamson	(2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 19)	10	0	YMCC
13	DF	Dylan Downey	(2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 17)	10	2	NSW Pride
23	DF	Cambell Geddes	(2002-06-18)18 June 2002 (aged 20)	19	13	Perth Thundersticks
25	DF	Michael Taylor	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 20)	10	0	Brisbane Blaze
2	MF	William Mathison	(2002-06-12)12 June 2002 (aged 20)	10	2	Brisbane Blaze
6	MF	Liam Henderson	(2003-08-28)28 August 2003 (aged 19)	19	0	HC Melbourne
7	MF	Lachlan Rogers	(2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (aged 18)	10	0	Tassie Tigers
8	MF	Toby Mallon	(2005-07-20)20 July 2005 (aged 17)	14	0	Briars
11	MF	Max Freedman	(2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (aged 19)	13	0	YMCC
16	MF	Nathan Czinner	(2002-03-19)19 March 2002 (aged 20)	19	2	NSW Pride
19	MF	Craig Marais (C)	(2002-05-28)28 May 2002 (aged 20)	13	6	HC Melbourne
5	FW	Jake Lambeth	(2002-08-30)30 August 2002 (aged 20)	11	4	Royals
9	FW	Diarmid Chappell	(2003-11-14)14 November 2003 (aged 19)	10	1	Brisbane Blaze
21	FW	Cooper Burns	(2002-03-06)6 March 2002 (aged 20)	19	16	HC Melbourne
24	FW	Brodee Foster	(2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 20)	18	10	Perth Thundersticks