Change to Men's hockey squad while Fiji women withdraw

The Kookaburras have been forced to make a change to the squad announced for the forthcoming Oceania Cup in New Zealand.

HOCKEY: The Kookaburras have been forced to make a change to the squad announced for the forthcoming Oceania Cup in New Zealand.

ACT goalkeeper Andrew Charter has been ruled out with a hamstring injury. He will be replaced by Western Australian Tristan Clemons. Clemons, from Bunbury, was part of Tasmania’s bronze-medal winning team at the Australian Hockey League last week, playing as an inter-state import.

Clemons most recently played for the Kookaburras at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in April where Australia’s men won the silver medal after going down in a grand final shoot-out to New Zealand following a 2-2 draw. He was also part of the Australia ‘A’ squad that played against Pakistan and Korea in Hobart in May.

In the women’s Oceania Cup, there has been a change to the fixtures following the withdrawal of Fiji from the competition. As a result the Hockeyroos’ campaign will now begin a day later and their showpiece clash with New Zealand Black Sticks has been moved to Saturday 24 October.

Hockeyroos’ Oceania Cup Fixtures
22 October: Hockeyroos v Samoa (11:30 AEDT)
24 October: Hockeyroos v New Zealand (12:00 AEDT)
25 October: Medal Matches – Gold Medal (11:45 AEDT) / Bronze Medal (07:15 AEDT)

Revised Kookaburras Squad for Oceania Cup
21-25 October 2015
Joshua Beltz (Hobart, TAS)
Joel Carroll (Darwin, NT)
Chris Ciriello (Melbourne, VIC)
Tristan Clemons (Bunbury, WA)
Tom Craig (Lane Cove, NSW)
Matthew Dawson (Central Coast, NSW)
Tim Deavin (Launceston, TAS)
Jamie Dwyer (Rockhampton, QLD)
Matt Gohdes (Rockhampton, QLD)
Blake Govers (Wollongong, NSW)
Fergus Kavanagh (Geraldton, WA)
Mark Knowles (Rockhampton, QLD)
Tyler Lovell (Perth, WA)
Trent Mitton (Perth, WA)
Eddie Ockenden (Hobart, TAS)
Flynn Ogilvie (Wollongong, NSW)
Glenn Turner (Goulburn, NSW)
Aran Zalewski (Margaret River, WA)

Kookaburras’ Oceania Cup Fixtures
21 October: Kookaburras v Samoa (09:30 AEDT)
22 October: Kookaburras v New Zealand (17:30 AEDT)
24 October: Kookaburras v Fiji (08:00 AEDT)
25 October: Medal Matches – Gold Medal (14:00 AEDT) / Bronze Medal (09:30 AEDT)

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