Background
Orchard was born in July 1986 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales.
Orchard was born in July 1986 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales.
He plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League. His hobbies include playing golf and playing his guitar. He took up hockey at the age of 11.
Orchard plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League.
He scored a goal in the game. National team
In January 2008, he made his senior national team debut at the Five Nations men"s hockey tournament in South Africa.
He represented Australia at the 2009 Champions Trophy, where his team earned a gold medal. In May 2011, he played in the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia.
The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South of Korea, Britain and New Zealand.
In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men"s national training squad. This squad was narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.
In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.
He scored a goal for his team He was selected to play for Australia in the 2012 Summer Olympics, scoring two goals, including one in the bronze medal match where Australia beat Great Britain 3-1.
Orchard is a member of the Kookaburras.