Blair Tarrant

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Blair Tarrant

| image =

| full_name = Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|11|df=y}}{{cite web|title=Blair Tarrant |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/blair-tarrant |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806060925/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/blair-tarrant |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }}

| birth_place = Timaru, New Zealand

| height = 1.85 m{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/blair-tarrant |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |title=Blair Tarrant |access-date=16 August 2016}}

| weight = 83 kg

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Southern Dogs

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Southern Dogs

| years2 = 2012–2013

| clubs2 = SCHC

| years3 = 2013–2015

| clubs3 = Southern Dogs

| years4 = 2016–2020

| clubs4 = Rotterdam

| years5 = 2020–2023

| clubs5 = Hamburger Polo Club

| nationalyears1 = 2010–present

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 217

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| medaltemplates =

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Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant (born 11 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team.{{cite web |title=Vantage Black Sticks Men |url=http://blacksticksnz.co.nz/Our-Teams/Vantage-Black-Sticks-Men/ContentId/1916 |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |publisher=Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey |access-date=6 February 2020}}

He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.{{cite web |title=Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio |url=https://olympic.org.nz/news/mens-hockey-team-confirmed-for-rio |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=15 August 2016 |date=3 June 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11694130 |access-date=16 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 August 2016}}

Club career

Tarrant plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League.{{cite news |title=Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/hockey/hockey-three-southernin-rio-team |access-date=6 February 2020 |work=Otago Daily Times |date=4 June 2016}} In 2012, he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands.{{cite web |title=SCHC trekt vier Nieuw-Zeelanders én talenten aan |url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/heren/schc-trekt-vier-nieuw-zeelanders-en-talenten-aan/ |website=hoofdklassehockey.nl |publisher=Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=nl |date=10 July 2012}} Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand.{{cite web |title=SCHC zet in op jeugd en breidt technische staf uit |url=https://roulettefm.nl/artikel/3979269/schc-zet-in-op-jeugd-en-breidt-technische-staf-uit |website=roulettefm.nl |publisher=RouletteFM |access-date=2 February 2020 |language=nl |date=23 January 2013}} After the 2016 Summer Olympics he returned to the Netherlands to play for Rotterdam.{{cite web |last1=Belt |first1=Janneke |title=Rotterdam haalt buitenlanders Tarrant, Dixon en Brogdon binnen |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/rotterdam-haalt-buitenlanders-tarrent-dixon-en-brogdon-binnen/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=nl |date=3 May 2016}} In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Kane Russell for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |title=Hamburger Polo Club holt neuseeländische Nationalspieler |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/hockey-hamburg-hamburger-polo-club-holt-neuseelaendische-nationalspieler-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-200428-99-861692 |website=sueddeutsche.de |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=de |date=28 April 2020}}