South African Hockey has today announced the SA Hockey Men\u2019s team for the African Hockey Road to Paris 2024. The tournament offers the winner a place at the Paris Olympics while the second placed team will be invited to the FIH Olympic Qualifiers to be held in January.<\/p>\n
The extended men\u2019s squad have been in camp and the team has been announced for the tournament, with the men opening their campaign with a game against Zimbabwe on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
The SA Men will continue to be led by Dayaan Cassiem, while Young Player of the FIH World Cup Mustapha Cassiem is also included. Keenan Horne, Bili Ntuli and Dan Bell are the most experienced players in the squad while at the other end of the spectrum the likes of Zenani Kraai and Anton van Loggerenberg will look to get themselves into double figures in the cap\u2019s column.<\/p>\n
Coach Cheslyn Gie was excited for the opportunity to get underway.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had some superb work put in at the training camp this week and the guys are raring to go. I have been tremendously impressed with the condition of the players both physically and mentally. After a long period without international hockey, we can\u2019t wait for the first games to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n
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SA Men\u2019s Squad \u2013 African Hockey Road to Paris 2024 Qualifier.<\/p>\n
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| Name<\/td>\n | Caps<\/td>\n | Name<\/td>\n | Caps<\/td>\n | Name<\/td>\n | Caps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Andrew Hobson<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n | Gowan Jones<\/td>\n | 77<\/td>\n | Nic Spooner<\/td>\n | 58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Anton van Loggerenberg<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | Jacques van Tonder<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | Peabo Lembethe<\/td>\n | 65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bili Ntuli<\/td>\n | 92<\/td>\n | Keenan Horne<\/td>\n | 106<\/td>\n | Ryan Julius<\/td>\n | 68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brad Sherwood<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n | Matt de Sousa<\/td>\n | 35<\/td>\n | Sam Mvimbi<\/td>\n | 45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dan Bell<\/td>\n | 95<\/td>\n | Matt Guise-Brown<\/td>\n | 56<\/td>\n | Tevin Kok<\/td>\n | 58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dayaan Cassiem<\/td>\n | 70<\/td>\n | Mustapha Cassiem<\/td>\n | 41<\/td>\n | Zenani Kraai<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" |