Hockey: Southern trio named in NZ side

Hugo Inglis.
Hugo Inglis.
Black Sticks coach Colin Batch has named his team to take on world champion Australia as well as Samoa and Papua New Guinea at the Oceania Cup in Taranaki at the end of this month.

Southern Dogs trio Hugo Inglis, Blair Tarrant and Hamish McGregor have made the squad but team-mate Kane Russell and fellow junior Black Stick George Muir have been left out to focus on the Junior World Cup in Delhi in December.

Simon Child and Steve Edwards return after a break from the team along with Shea McAleese, who has recovered from injury. North Harbour players James Coughlan and Joe Bartholomew are also new additions.

Kane Russell.
Kane Russell.
''To have Simon, Steve and Shea back in the team is great,'' Batch said.

''They are Olympians and bring a level of experience to the team that gives us that good balance.''

Andy Hayward, Nick Wilson, Shay Neal, Brad Shaw and Blair Hilton have not been named due to injury but are likely to be available for selection for the World League Final in January.

The women's Oceania Cup team will be named on Tuesday.

 


Black Sticks
The squad

Hugo Inglis, Stephen Jenness, Simon Child, James Coughlan, Jared Panchia, Shea McAleese, Steven Edwards, Arun Panchia, Phil Burrows, Marcus Child, Dean Couzins, Nick Haig, Blair Tarrant, Cory Bennett, Joseph Bartholomew, Alex Shaw, Hamish McGregor, Devon Manchester.


 

 

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