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Australian field hockey player (born 1982)

Rebecca Sanders

Rebecca Sanders at the 2005 Champions Trophy

Personal information

Born

(1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 42)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Sport

Field hockey

Medal record

Women's field hockey

Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	Team

Rebecca Sanders (born 9 July 1982) was an Australian field hockey player who represented the Hockyroos a total of 106 times with 17 goals.

Club level

Rebecca started playing hockey at around 7 years of age for Raby Hockey Club within Campbelltown City Women's Hockey Association

Australian Hockey League

Rebecca was part of the NSW Arrows Hockey Team from 2001 to 2009 and won the Women's Australian Hockey League Player of the tournament in 2007.

She was part of the gold medal-winning NSW Arrows team in 2009 beating the Qld Scorchers 5–3 in the final scoring a total of 7 goals during this tournament to be the second highest goal scorer.

International hockey

Rebecca competed in a number of major international tournaments including:

2001 FIH Junior World Cup (3rd place)
2004 Champions Trophy (4th place)
2005 Champions Trophy (2nd place)
2006 Champions Trophy (5th place)
2006 FIH World Cup (2nd place)
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne (Gold medal)
2007 Champions Trophy (4th place)
2008 Champions Trophy (5th place)

Administration

Rebecca was elected to the NSW Hockey Board of Directors on 27 November 2010 and held this position until 2016.

References

"Eastham sheds tears for room-mate". Illawarra Mercury. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
"Profile". hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
Association, Metropolitan South West Hockey. "About". www.mswhockey.org.au. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
2009 Women's Australian Hockey League, 29 June 2020
"Rebecca Leigh Sanders | Commonwealth Games Australia". 19 June 2020.
2016 Hockey NSW Annual Report (PDF), 29 June 2020

Articles related to Rebecca Sanders

v t e Australia squad – 2004 Champions Trophy – 4th place
1 Cronk 3 K. Smith 5 N. Smith 6 Rivers 7 Gallagher 8 Harris 9 Sanders 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 14 Arrold 16 Morgan 18 Meyer 19 Patrick 21 Brown 26 Ditton 27 Faulkner 29 Attard 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Bell

v t e Australia squad – 2005 Champions Trophy – Runners–up
1 Cronk 3 Smith 6 Rivers 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 13 Alcorn 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 17 Imison 18 Meyer 22 Korner 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 30 Taylor 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Murray

v t e Australia squad – 2006 Champions Trophy – 5th place
2 Faulkner 3 Smith 6 Rivers 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 17 Imison 19 Patrick 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 27 Lynch 29 Attard 30 Taylor 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Murray

v t e Australia squad – 2006 FIH World Cup – Runners–up
2 Faulkner 3 Smith 7 Walker 9 Sanders 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 13 Beattie 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 17 Imison 19 Patrick 21 Gilbert 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 28 Munro 29 Attard 30 Taylor 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Murray

v t e Australia squad – 2006 Commonwealth Games – Gold medal (2nd Title)
1 Cronk 2 Faulkner 3 Smith 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 13 Beattie 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 17 Imison 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 30 Taylor 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Murray

v t e Australia squad – 2007 Champions Trophy – 4th place
3 O'Conner 5 Gallagher 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 12 Blyth (c) 13 Liddelow 15 McGurk 16 Johnson 18 Meyer 21 Gilbert 22 Korner 23 Trost 25 Twitt 27 Lynch 29 Attard 30 Taylor 31 Messent Coach: Murray

v t e Australia squad – 2008 Champions Trophy – 5th place
2 Faulkner 3 Beattie 4 Eastham 6 Rivers 7 Walker 9 Sanders 10 Hollywood 11 Halliday 12 Blyth 14 Arrold 15 McGurk 17 Imison 24 Skirving 25 Twitt 28 Munro 29 Attard 30 Taylor 32 Hudson (c) Coach: Murray

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