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would be the last season he played cricket preferring to take a chance on an international hockey career. Duff was introduced to hockey as a 10-year-old by his club cricket coach that was looking for players to fill some vacancies in the local Altona Hockey Club. His talent was not immediately apparent but he enjoyed the game, his potential as a hockey player was first identified as a 12-year-old when he was selected in the
Victorian U13 state team that competed in the national championship in Brisbane. From that point on he was identified and featured regularly in Victorian State teams. Duff applied to the AIS hockey program at the end of the 1990 hockey season after winning the Altona Hockey Club senior Club Champion award. He was selected and departed Victoria in 1991 with his brother Darren Duff to take up a scholarship at the Perth-based institute.
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Olympic team whilst he rehabilitated his reconstructed knee, he faced several setbacks in this phase tearing a quadriceps muscle at the 1999 Champion's Trophy in
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