Following the completion of the SA Hockey IPT, the SA Hockey Men Performance and Emerging squads have been announced. The SA Hockey Men have a bumper calendar over the next six months as they take on the Azlan Shah, followed by hosting the FIH Nations Cup and then the FIH Hockey World Cup in India.
The squad selected will be the basis for team selections going forward and includes the stars of the SA Hockey Men’s Commonwealth Games campaign that saw the team qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in 20 years. Included in the squad is a number of young exciting stars that shone at the IPT in Pretoria.
Zenani Kraai, Luke Wynford, Mark Chong and Luthando Jonas are all one step closer to achieving their dream of representing their country as they join the squad and look to create and take a space for themselves.
Alex Stewart, Andrew Hobson, Guy Morgan and Brad Sherwood are amongst the players who have already featured for the country but will hope to work their way into the regular consideration for the test team.
Head coach of the SA Hockey Men Garreth Ewing shared his thoughts on the squads:
“The selection process as a difficult one, a lot of players showed good progress since the last time we saw them and we have tried to reward them with inclusion in squads. I’m looking forward to working with the groups in the coming months and I hope these players will be willing to work hard and compete for a place in the upcoming tournaments”
SA Performance Squad
Name |
Caps |
Name |
Caps |
Name |
Caps |
||
Gowan Jones |
72 |
Guy Morgan |
1 |
Keenan Horne |
96 |
||
Estiaan Kriek |
15 |
Nic Spooner |
53 |
Tevin Kok |
48 |
||
Siya Nolutshungu |
46 |
Taine Paton |
145 |
Bili Ntuli |
87 |
||
Tim Drummond |
163 |
Sam Mvimbi |
35 |
Dayaan Cassiem |
60 |
||
Jethro Eustice |
161 |
Mustapha Cassiem |
32 |
Ryan Julius |
58 |
||
Matt Guise-Brown |
56 |
Peabo Lembethe |
60 |
Brad Sherwood |
15 |
||
Connor Beauchamp |
21 |
Matt de Sousa |
29 |
Peter Jarvis |
0 |
||
Dan Bell |
85 |
Sihle Ngubane |
11 |
Luthando Jonas |
0 |
||
Le-Neal Jackson |
34 |
Dan Sibbald |
48 |
Cameron le Forestier |
0 |
||
Tyson Dlungwana |
66 |
Zenani Kraai |
0 |
Trevor de Lora |
8 |
||
Andrew Hobson |
19 |
Luke Wynford |
0 |
Marvin Simons |
0 |
||
Clayton Saker |
13 |
Mark Chong |
0 |
Melrick Maddocks |
8 |
||
Chad Futcher |
9 |
Alex Stewart |
21 |
Emerging Squad
Name |
Caps |
Name |
Caps |
Name |
Caps |
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Taine Bird |
0 |
Neil Raath |
0 |
Idrees Abdullah |
0 |
||
Anton van Loggerenberg |
0 |
Winray Christoffels |
0 |
Dalpiarro Langford |
0 |
||
Brendan du Toit |
0 |
Rusten Abrahams |
18 |
Jared Campbell |
0 |
||
Sizwe Mthembu |
0 |
Thabang Modise |
1 |
Lungani Gabela |
0 |
||
Courtney Hallé |
0 |
Tumi Ramphele |
0 |
Viwe Mbata |
0 |
||
Jared Cass |
0 |
Slater Capell |
0 |
Michael Newland-Nell |
0 |
||
Mohamed Mea |
30 |
Nic Pio |
0 |
Matt Brown |
20 |
||
Fawaaz Khader |
0 |
Angelo Walstroom |
0 |
Cody van Wyk |
0 |
||
Jacques van Tonder |
0 |
Hans Neethling |
0 |