Richard Petherick (born 4 April 1986) is a field hockey player from New Zealand. While at

Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Boys' High School (Māori language, Māori: ''Te Kura Tamatāne o Kirikiriroa'') is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand and is the largest secondary school in the Waikato region. The school was estab ...

Petherick played for regional and national representative teams. He earned his first cap for the national men's team,

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d ''The Black Sticks'', in 2005 against

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. He also gained selection for both the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in May and for the European tour in July. Petherick travelled as a reserve to the

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but did not compete. He competed for New Zealand at the

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International senior tournaments

* 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2006 –

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Life now

Petherick now teaches PE at Overseas Family School in

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1986 births Living people New Zealand male field hockey players Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub