The South African Hockey Association has announced the South African Under 21 Men;s Squad. The 38-player squad, under the continued guidance of Guy Elliott, will see a team selected for the SA Hockey IPT in September and the Junior Africa Cup in Ghana in October, with the goal of qualifying for the 2025 FIH Junior World Cup, an expanded 24 team tournament.
8 of the players in the 38 were part of the FIH Junior World Cup that took part in Kuala Lumpur in December 2023, where South Africa finished in a very credible 10th place. This included the now senior capped Calvin Davis as well as the likes of Damian Knott, Daniel Neuhoff, Thabang Jeyi and Jaydon Brooker.
The squads were selected on the back of the South African U21 Hockey IPT held at UCT in Cape Town with Northern Blues emerging as champions after defeating Western Province in the final.
SA Women’s U21 Hockey Squad 2024
Name | Name |
Alexander Blows | Josh de Klerk |
Brett Horn | Josh Opperman |
Calvin Davis | Juan Schoeman |
Carlon Mentoor | Kearabetswe Khoele |
Casey Keevy | Kenton Melville |
Cody Jacobs | Liam Haupt |
Damian Knott | Michael Cowen |
Daniel Den Bakker | Mpumelelo Mathebe |
Daniel Dillon | Nkululeko Mfuneko |
Daniel Neuhoff | Ozair Pillai |
David Baxter | Ross Montgomery |
Declan Erens | Sachin Padayachee |
Diante Gordon | Sian Maart |
Gerard Rockman | Sirseko Sobekwa |
Gianluca Virissimo | Taine Tanner-Ellis |
Jade Smith | Thabang Jeyi |
James Flint | Tyler-Reed Napier |
Jamie Seale | Viwe Mbata |
Jaydon Brooker | Xola Karelse |
by South Africa