| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 July 1997 Goulburn, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20219– | Canberra Chill | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Australia U–21 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Australia | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Australia indoor | 6 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin Staines (born 13 July 1997) is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward. [1] [2]
Benjamin Staines was born and raised in Goulburn, New South Wales. [3] [2]
In 2017, Staines made his debut for the Australia U–21 team during the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru. [4] He followed this up with an appearance at the same tournament the following year. [4]
In 2022, alongside his brother Jake, Staines was named in the Australian Indoor team for the FIH Indoor World Cup in Pretoria. [5]
Following a successful domestic league in 2022, Staines was called into the Kookaburras squad for the first time in 2023. [6] [2] He made his international debut during season three of the FIH Pro League in Rourkela. [7] [4]
The Australia men's national field hockey team is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at six straight Summer Olympic Games (1992–2012). The Kookaburras placed in the top four in every Olympics between 1980 and 2012; in 2016, the Kookaburras placed sixth. They also won the Hockey World Cup in 1986, 2010 and 2014.
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