Craig Marais | |
Birth Date: | 2002 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Brighton East, Victoria |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2019– |
Clubs1: | HC Melbourne |
Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia U–18 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
Nationalteam2: | Australia |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Craig Marais (born 28 May 2002)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward.[2] [3]
Craig Marais was born and raised in Brighton East, Victoria.[2]
He attended Brighton Grammar School,[4] is currently studying business at Monash University.[5] His brother Bradley also is an international hockey player.[4] [6]
In 2019, Marais was a member of the HC Melbourne team for the inaugural season of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League.[7] [8] [9]
Craig Marais made his debut for Australia in 2018, where he was a member of the Under–18 team at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[10] [11]
In 2022, Marais was named in the Kookaburras for the first time.[2] [5] In April of that year, he made his senior international debut in a test series against Malaysia in Perth.[12]