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Cape Town - The South African men's hockey team are set to take on Argentina in a two-match Test series set to start in Randburg on Friday.
South Africa are ranked number 12 in the world, while their Argentinian counterparts are ranked just one place higher, in 11th spot.
South Africa come into the series on the back of last Sunday’s exciting 1-0 victory over arch-continental rivals Egypt in the Africa Cup Olympic Qualifier tournament final at a packed Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo.
Head coach Pablo Lombi’s Argentina squad are preparing for next month’s Pan-American Games Olympic Qualifier tournament while both the South Americans and hosts South Africa will be taking part in the Champions Challenge tournament at the end of the year in Randburg featuring the world’s ninth to 16th-ranked countries.
With the respective national teams not yet finalised for these prestigious events there is much to play for this weekend.
SA head coach Gregg Clark and the national selection panel have named a 25-man squad for the two Tests. A number of changes will have to be made for the second Test as the bulk of Clark’s first-choice players have to return to their European clubs on Saturday.
The 25-player SA line-up that will once again be captained by KZN Coastal Raiders midfielder Wade Paton in the absence of the injured Austin Smith of Western Province, features seven Kaspersky Southern Gauteng representatives, three from the Pretoria-based Northern Blues, five and six respectively from Western Province and the Durban-based Raiders with two apiece from Amathole-Border and Eastern Province.
The final test of the two-Test series is set to take place at the same venue on Sunday at 4 pm.
South African team to take on Argentina:
Goalkeepers: Jacques Le Roux (WP), Brendon Botes (EP), Rassie Pieterse (Kaspersky Southern Gauteng). Defenders: Justin Reid-Ross (Northern Blues), Lloyd Madsen, Gareth Carr (both KZN Coastal Raiders), Rhett Halkett (NB), Lance Louw , Ricky West (both KSG), Andrew Cronje (WP), Peter Bailey (EP), Francois Pretorius (NB). Midfielders: Wade Paton (capt), Taine Paton, Tim Drummond (all KCR), Clinton Panther (KSG), Clive Terwin (WP), Owen Mvimbi (KSG), Grant Robertson (WP), Shaun Davenhill (KCR). Strikers: Lloyd Norris-Jones (WP), Julian Hykes (Amathole-Border), Miguel da Graca, Thornton McDade (both KSG), Geowynne Gamiet (Amathole-Border).
South Africa are ranked number 12 in the world, while their Argentinian counterparts are ranked just one place higher, in 11th spot.
South Africa come into the series on the back of last Sunday’s exciting 1-0 victory over arch-continental rivals Egypt in the Africa Cup Olympic Qualifier tournament final at a packed Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo.
Head coach Pablo Lombi’s Argentina squad are preparing for next month’s Pan-American Games Olympic Qualifier tournament while both the South Americans and hosts South Africa will be taking part in the Champions Challenge tournament at the end of the year in Randburg featuring the world’s ninth to 16th-ranked countries.
With the respective national teams not yet finalised for these prestigious events there is much to play for this weekend.
SA head coach Gregg Clark and the national selection panel have named a 25-man squad for the two Tests. A number of changes will have to be made for the second Test as the bulk of Clark’s first-choice players have to return to their European clubs on Saturday.
The 25-player SA line-up that will once again be captained by KZN Coastal Raiders midfielder Wade Paton in the absence of the injured Austin Smith of Western Province, features seven Kaspersky Southern Gauteng representatives, three from the Pretoria-based Northern Blues, five and six respectively from Western Province and the Durban-based Raiders with two apiece from Amathole-Border and Eastern Province.
The final test of the two-Test series is set to take place at the same venue on Sunday at 4 pm.
South African team to take on Argentina:
Goalkeepers: Jacques Le Roux (WP), Brendon Botes (EP), Rassie Pieterse (Kaspersky Southern Gauteng). Defenders: Justin Reid-Ross (Northern Blues), Lloyd Madsen, Gareth Carr (both KZN Coastal Raiders), Rhett Halkett (NB), Lance Louw , Ricky West (both KSG), Andrew Cronje (WP), Peter Bailey (EP), Francois Pretorius (NB). Midfielders: Wade Paton (capt), Taine Paton, Tim Drummond (all KCR), Clinton Panther (KSG), Clive Terwin (WP), Owen Mvimbi (KSG), Grant Robertson (WP), Shaun Davenhill (KCR). Strikers: Lloyd Norris-Jones (WP), Julian Hykes (Amathole-Border), Miguel da Graca, Thornton McDade (both KSG), Geowynne Gamiet (Amathole-Border).
