Burrows back in black and more relaxed

It has been a long time between caps for Northland hockey product Jan Burrows (nee Rowsell), who has been included in the Black Sticks women's squad to play Japan in a five-match series during March.
And the 27-year-old says her time away from the international scene has made her a more rounded player.
Hockey was the midfielder's life when she was picked to play for New Zealand at the tender age of 19.
But that changed when she was dropped from the squad ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics due to injury.
"I had a terrible run of injuries - I had two operations on my wrist which put me out for two seasons (2005-2006)," she said.
In 2007, Burrows headed to Rotterdam, Holland which was a fantastic experience for the young Northlander, playing a different style of hockey and fitting in travel around the competition.
She returned to NZ in 2009 and played the National Hockey League Tournament representing Auckland and then played her first full hockey season in 2010.
The decision to play for Auckland in the NHL and not Northland was difficult, she said.
"It was a tough one ... I would love to play with all the Northland Black Sticks - I consider myself to be a Northland girl ... but my work and home are in Auckland."
Her Auckland club side is coached by former Black Sticks men's coach Kevin Towns and Auckland Hockey have recruited Australian Jason Butcher to be the high performance director and coach for the Auckland women's NHL side - an enticing package for Burrows.
"Jason's coaching style is similar to Black Sticks coach Mark Hager ... it is an attacking positive style of hockey ... I have learnt a lot off these coaches and they have contributed to where I am now and I think they will help to develop my game going forward," she said.
Burrows said making the Black Sticks was not her focus when she returned to New Zealand, so her selection in the development squad after the 2010 NHL was a nice surprise.
"I was getting married [to Black Sticks mens' captain Phil Burrows] in January 2010, and I was focused on my career as NZ Golf's marketing and communications manager, which I love ... I ended up really enjoying my hockey - everything else had fallen into place and I was loving life - that fed through to my hockey," she said.
When she was younger, making the Black Sticks was all she wanted to do, but these days Burrows said she knows there is life after hockey.
"I guess I realise that it wasn't the healthiest attitude to have when I was younger. I have found my form now without putting all that pressure on myself. I would love to be selected for the Argentina series following the Japan matches, and maybe the Champions Trophy after that."
The current Black Sticks squad under Hager's direction was something special reckoned Burrows, who would be one of the older, more experienced members of a young dynamic team.
"Mark has a good mix of fast, talented players in with the likes of Krystal Forgesson and Emily Naylor who have played a lot of hockey. I love being part of the squad and training with them - it exceeds anything that I have experienced with the Black Sticks before."
The world No7 Black Sticks play five tests against the ninth ranked Japan from March 11-17, and will then take on world No1 Argentina in a three-match test series from March 26-29, before heading to Europe to compete in the Champions Trophy in June.
Other new players included in the squad to play Japan is Northland's Alana Millington, Canterbury's Sophie Devine and Bridget Blackwood, Danielle Jones of Auckland, Samantha Charlton from Midlands and North Harbour's Petrea Webster.