Africa-Press – Namibia. SOUTH African Hockey on Friday announced their men’s team for the African Hockey test series between South Africa and Namibia at Sunningdale in the Western Cape.
With both teams heading to the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in February in Belgium the four-test series, officially sanctioned by African Hockey, offers the teams a wonderful opportunity to test their processes and plans.
The two locked horns in the final of the Indoor African Cup of Nations at Thomas More College in Kwazulu Natal earlier this year, and all 12 players from that series are retained by the SA Indoor Hockey Men and are bolstered by another four players. The series will be a last chance for players to stake a claim for a place on the plane to Belgium.
The four that missed out on the African Indoor Cup of Nations are Ryan Julius, Cameron Goodwin, Keegan Hezlett and Marvin Simons make up the 16. Several of the players went to the Olympic Games this year including Jethro Eustice, Rusten Abrahams, Ryan Julius and the Cassiem brothers, Dayaan and Mustapha, while Aiden Tun and Marvin Simons have just got back from the FIH Junior World Cup in India.
The team has a great amount of experience in the camp as well with Eustice, Abrahams and Justin Domleo having featured at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in 2018 in Leipzig.
Match times are now confirmed as follows: 16 December: 19h00 17 December: 19h45 18 December: 19h45 19 December: 15h00. The SA team (with caps) is as follows:
Anton von Loggerenberg (8), Cameron Goodwin (5), Bongumusa Mngoma (5), Jethro Eustice (31), Justin Domleo (38), Aiden Tun (8), Daniel Sibbald (5), Ryan Julius (16), Keegan Hezlett (3), Dayaan Cassiem (8), Chad Futcher (9), Lungani Gabela (8), Mustapha Cassiem (8), Steven Paulo (7), Rusten Abrahams (19), Marvin Simons (3).
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