Australian Country 2022 representative squads announced

Following the COVID forced disruptions of the past two years, there was a high level of anticipation as national representative squads were announced at the end of the Hockey Australia Country Challenge in Albany.

As has become custom, men’s and women’s senior and under 21 Australian Country squads were selected from the competition. The senior squads are headlined by Queenslanders Grant Dilger and Eva Kersnovske who were awarded the Mick Anderson Medal and June Allen Medal as the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Tournament respectively.

Congratulations to our Queenslanders on their selection!

Australian Country 2022 Representative Squads
U21 Men’s Squad  
Jaylob Lobley ADF
Declan Rankin ADF
Hayden Dorge QLD
Noah Gauci QLD
Callum James QLD
Curtis James QLD
Dylan Pember QLD
     
U21 Women’s Squad
Renee Barber QLD
Hayley Buchanan QLD
Tess Henare QLD
Kasey Parison QLD
     
Senior Men’s Squad  
Sam Basile QLD
Troy Cooper QLD
Grant Dilger QLD
Ellery Dunn QLD
Josh Mcpaul QLD
Harrison Parker QLD
Corey Piggin QLD
Drew Wenzel QLD
 
Senior Women’s Squad
Tinesha Carey QLD
Eva Kersnovske QLD
Sammi Morris QLD
 

The teams selected in Albany will resume the touring schedule which was suspended by COVID.

The Under 21s will tour Indonesia in January, with the Senior teams returning to Singapore and Malaysia in April.

While in Indonesia, the Under 21s will take on the Indonesian national team and regional teams.

The Australian Country senior teams are scheduled to play the Singapore national teams and a variety of association teams in Malaysia.

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