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Born | Western Australia | 20 May 1998||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Perth Thundersticks | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Australia U–21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Australia | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Phillipa 'Pippa' Morgan (born 20 May 1998) is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a defender. Her short stature standing at 5' 6" makes her an asset in close range encounters. Currently dating Benjamin Baxter. [1] [2] [3]
In Hockey Australia's national league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One, Morgan plays for the Perth Thundersticks. [4] [5]
Morgan moved to Belgium in 2022 to join the Royal Wellington HC. She competed in the Belgian Hockey League for the 2022–23 season. [6]
In 2016, Morgan made her debut for the Australia U–21 team during the Junior Oceania Cup on the Gold Coast. [7]
She followed this up with appearances during a test series against New Zealand in Hastings in 2018, as well as a Tri-Nations Tournament in Canberra in 2019. [7] [8]
Morgan is currently a member of the Australian Development Squad. [9] In 2023, she was called up to make her Hockeyroos debut in a test series against India in Adelaide, from 18 to 21 May. [2] [10]
The Australia women's national field hockey team are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic gold medals, two World Cup gold medals and four Commonwealth Games gold medals. The Hockeyroos have been crowned Australia's Team of the Year five times and were unanimously awarded Best Australian Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
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