Thomas William Craig (born 3 September 1995) is an Australian

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player who plays as a midfielder for the Australian national team.

Career

Junior national team

In 2016, Craig was a member of the Australian Under 21 team, 'The Burras', who were victorious at the Junior Oceania Cup, which served as a qualifier for the Junior World Cup. Craig was also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in

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, where the team finished fourth.

Senior national team

Craig made his senior international debut in a test series against

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in 2014, before competing the Champions Trophy in

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. Craig has become a regular inclusion in the Australian team since his debut, and most notably was a member of the team at the

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where the team won a gold medal. In November 2018, Craig was named in the squad for the

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. The Kookaburras came 3rd, after losing the semi-final to the

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(2-2 Regular time, 4-3 Shootouts), but beating

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8–1 in the Bronze Medal match. Craig scoring 4 Goals from the tournament, including the Hattrick in the Bronze Medal match. Craig was a part of the team that won the Inaugural FIH Pro League in 2019, Defeating Belgium in the Grand Final 3–2, scoring 3 Goals for the Kookaburras throughout the Campaign. Craig was selected in the

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Olympics squad for the

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. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.

Domestic Hockey

In 2019 Craig was a member of the

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that took out the Inaugural

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competition alongside fellow Kookaburras selected from the Tournament, including

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, Lachlan Sharp,

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and

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. After the

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he joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland.

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players HC Klein Zwitserland players Olympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey 21st-century Australian people Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate field hockey players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Field hockey people from New South Wales Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub