LANE Sam

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Men	2020
8	Men	2019

Oceania Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2019	Rockhampton, QLD, AUS
2	Men	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

Junior World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2016	Lucknow, IND

Laneway (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 2016)

Athlete, Coach, Student

Finance, Marketing - Massey University, New Zealand

Partner Tayla White

English

Southern Alpiners [New Zealand]

Grant Edwards [club], NZL; Darren Smith [national], NZL

Forward (tvnz.co.nz, 05 Aug 2019)

His partner Tayla White has represented New Zealand in hockey. (Instagram profile, 02 Feb 2020; Facebook profile, 29 Apr 2019)

2016 for New Zealand Against Australia, in Auckland, New Zealand (stuff.co.nz, 24 Nov 2016)

He suffered a knee injury during a match against Australia in late 2017 which caused him to miss a year of competition. (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 2016; stuff.co.nz, 29 Nov 2019)

Premier Hockey League [NZL] (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 01 Oct 2020)

He began playing the sport at age three. (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and play professional hockey in Europe. (stuff.co.nz, 29 Nov 2019)

He does hockey training four times a week for a total of 15 hours, and trains up to five hours a week in the gym. (stuff.co.nz, 29 Nov 2019)

Earning his 50th cap against Australia at the 2019 Oceania Cup in Rockhampton, QLD, Australia. (Twitter profile, 06 Sep 2019)

"Treat hockey like homework. Spend the hours on the turf outside of training." (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 2016)

He received the 2019 Men's Hockey Player of the Year award from Canterbury Hockey in New Zealand. (stuff.co.nz, 29 Nov 2019)

He was named the New Zealand National Hockey League [NHL] Most Valuable Player for 2019. (stuff.co.nz, 29 Nov 2019)