Dylan Wotherspoon

Dylan Wotherspoon
Personal information
Born (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993
Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Playing position Attacker
Club information
Current club Queensland Blades
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Eastern Suburbs
2016 Dabang Mumbai 10 (0)
2016–2017 HC 's-Hertogenbosch 19 (11)
2017–present Labrador
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–present Australia 74 (28)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam
Hockey World League
2014-15 RaipurTeam
2016-17 BhubaneswarTeam
Oceania Cup
2017 SydneyTeam
Youth Olympic Games
2010 SingaporeTeam

Dylan Wotherspoon (born 9 April 1993) is an Australian International Field Hockey player. His normal position is forward.[1] He won a gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Club Career

Wotherspoon played his junior career for Redbacks Hockey Club in Murwillumbah before relocating to Brisbane in 2010 to play with Eastern Suburbs Hockey Club in the Brisbane Hockey League.[3]

Wotherspoon was signed by Dabang Mumbai for $35,750US for the 2016 Hockey India League.[4]

Later in 2016, Wotherspoon was signed by Hoofdklasse club HC 's-Hertogenbosch for the 2016-17 season.[5] After a successful season in the Netherlands, Wotherspoon returned home in 2017 to play with Labrador HC.[6]

Dylan is also a regular member of the Queensland Blades team in the Australian Hockey League.[7]

International Career

2014

Dylan Wotherspoon made his senior international debut against India in late 2014.

2015

In April 2015 he made his tournament debut in the 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, scoring 3 goals in the tournament.[8] Wotherspoon scored his first ever international goal in this tournament, scoring in Australia’s 7-0 win over Canada.[9] In December 2015 was selected for the 2014-15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final where he scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against The Netherlands.[10]

2016

In 2016 he was named in the squad for the 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in London[11], but had to withdraw with injury, which also ruled him out of the 2016 Olympic Games. [12] In November 2016 Wotherspoon returned from injury to be named player of the tournament in the 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey in Melbourne.[13]

2017

In April Wotherspoon was named in the squad for the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[14] and scored a goal in the tournament final.[15] In July he was selected for the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals in Johannesburg[16]. In October, Wotherspoon scored 7 goals in Australia’s Oceania Cup triumph.[17] In December he was selected for the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final where he was awarded his 50th cap and scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against Germany.[18]

2018

In February 2018 Wotherspoon played in all four test matches against The Netherlands in Perth. [19] He then played all 6 matches and scored two goals in Australia's successful Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament win in March 2018. [20] In April 2018 Dylan won a gold medal as part of Australia’s gold medal winning team in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Dylan’s home city of The Gold Coast. [21] Dylan played all 6 matches, scoring a goal against Scotland[22] and two goals against Canada.[23] [24] In September, Dylan was selected for the 2018 Men's International Hockey Open in Darwin.[25] He scored in the opening match, a 5-2 victory over Malaysia,[26] then netted a hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Japan.[27] Despite losing 2-1 to Argentina in the final, Wotherspoon finished the tournament as the top goal scorer with 4 goals.[28]

References

  1. ↑ <http://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/1471/
  2. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/australian-team/mark-knowles-leads-kookaburras-to-gold-medal-in-perfect-end-to-his-career/news-story/39ceb0f968c7cf2a479e1a14a5104ac3
  3. ↑ https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/dylan-wotherspoon-australian-junior-hockey-squad/918601/
  4. ↑ https://m.sportskeeda.com/hockey/swot-analysis-dabang-mumbai-squad-2016hil
  5. ↑ http://www.hcdenbosch.nl/site/default.asp?Option=51&NewsID=4122
  6. ↑ http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/hockey-brothers-dylan-and-blake-wotherspoon-reunite-with-labrador-tigerstix-in-bhl/news-story/fb87ad3361617e30c783daa63ac82b96
  7. ↑ https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/792
  8. ↑ http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/kookaburras-defeat-malaysia-in-sultan-azlan-shah-cup
  9. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-06/dwyer-becomes-most-capped-kookaburra--jamie-dwyer-becomes-austr/6372874
  10. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Hockey-World-League-2015-Australia-beat-Netherlands-to-enter-final/articleshow/50046176.cms
  11. ↑ http://corporate.olympics.com.au/AD6ADA43-1607-48D3-A20ACC408762A64C
  12. ↑ http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/murwillumbah-product-dylan-wotherspoons-rio-olympic-dreams-hit-a-speed-bump/news-story/1c51c2f7f36abfa675623842d19e164f
  13. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-take-out-inaugural-international-festival-of-hockey
  14. ↑ https://sports24hour.com/kookaburras-squad-sultan-azlan-shah-cup-2017-australia-hockey-team-players-list/
  15. ↑ http://www.azlanshahcup.my/2017/05/06/great-britain-champions-again-after-23-years/
  16. ↑ http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/men-s-world-league-semi-final-team-announced
  17. ↑ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/kookaburras-beat-nz-in-oceania-cup-hockey
  18. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/sport/kookaburras-to-meet-world-no1-argentina-in-world-hockey-league-final-20171210-h021vj.html
  19. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-hit-back-to-claim-dutch-series-win
  20. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-crowned-2018-azlan-shah-cup-winners
  21. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/hockeyroos-kookaburras-commonwealth-games-teams-named-1
  22. ↑ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games-2018/kookaburras-signal-their-intent-with-6-1-drubbing-of-scotland-20180409-p4z8go.html
  23. ↑ http://www.espn.com/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/23098717/in-form-kookaburras-book-commonwealth-games-semi-spot
  24. ↑ http://hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-send-off-knowles-with-games-gold
  25. ↑ http://hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-team-named-for-darwin-international-hockey-open
  26. ↑ http://hockey.org.au/News/rookie-pair-score-as-kookaburras-begin-diho-with-big-win
  27. ↑ http://hockey.org.au/News/wotherspoon-hat-trick-has-kookas-flying-into-darwin-final
  28. ↑ http://hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-grounded-by-argentina-in-darwin-decider


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