Hayden Jonathan Shaw (born 31 August 1980) is a

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player from New Zealand. Shaw was born in

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. He earned his first cap for the national team,

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d ''The Black Sticks'', in 2002 against

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. Shaw was often involved in

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routines performing drag flicks. As a result, he was top scorer with 13 goals at the

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Commonwealth Games whilst winning a silver medal with the national team. After the

2006 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held 6–17 September 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Germany won the tournament for second consecutive time after defeating Aus ...

, Shaw was selected for the World Cup All Star team. He has played club hockey for

HC 's-Hertogenbosch Hockeyclub 's-Hertogenbosch, also known as Den Bosch, is a Dutch field hockey club based in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant. It was founded on 14 July 1937. The first teams (men and women) both compete on the highest level of the Dutch field hocke ...

in the Netherlands. Shaw also played

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for

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. He now works as a teacher at Pleasant Point Primary School in South Canterbury, having started in January 2019.

International senior tournaments

* 2002 –

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* 2002 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

* 2003 –

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The ...

* 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament * 2004 –

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* 2006 –

* 2007 – Champions Challenge * 2008 –

* 2010 –

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