Phillip Burrows

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Medal record
Phillip Burrows
Men’s Field Hockey
Competitor for  New Zealand
Champions Challenge
Silver	2007 Boom	Team Competition

Phillip Ross Burrows (born April 25, 1980 in Wellington) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in January 2000. The striker is New Zealand's top field goal scorer and was named 2003 New Zealand Player of the Year.

Burrows is internationally recognised for his pace and skill. Since his debut he has competed in over 120 international games for his country, and he plays club hockey in The Netherlands since the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where New Zealand finished sixth. First at Breda, the club that relegated to the second division, and since the summer of 2005 for HC Rotterdam. He's remembered for his four goal spree against Pakistan at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

[edit] International Senior Tournaments

• 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2002 – World Cup
• 2002 – 2002 Commonwealth Games
• 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2003 – Champions Challenge
• 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2004 – Summer Olympics
• 2004 – Champions Trophy
• 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
• 2006 – Commonwealth Games
• 2006 – World Cup