Ipoh, Malaysia – 1-14 April 2009
Black Sticks Men’s coach, Shane McLeod is continuing with his talent development programme by naming two more debutants in the team to play in the Azlan Shah Tournament in April in Malaysia. NZ will face Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan and India in the 5 nation’s tournament and although a number of front line players will still be missing – the team will be keen to progress from the disappointing series loss to India last month.
The Black Sticks will be bolstered by the return of Olympians Kyle Pontifex, Blair Hopping, Dave Kosoof and Ben Collier – Hopping in particular will add some much needed steel and direction to the Black Sticks defence.
The two debutants are Arun Panchia from Auckland and Isaac Staples from Canterbury – both members of the recently named Junior Black Sticks team.
A number of high profile players will miss the trip including Ryan Archibald, Hayden Shaw, Phil Burrows, Simon Child, Brad Shaw and Shea McAleese.
Three players who were part of the team who went down 2-0 to India on the weekend – David Green and Shay Neal of North Harbour and James Nation of Auckland – have been left out of the team. Nation is being rested.
Shirt # Player Name NHL Team Age Caps Position
3 David Kosoof North Harbour 30 142 Striker
4 Nick Haig Canterbury 21 18 Defender
5 Andrew Hayward Canterbury 23 38 Defender
7 Blair Hopping North Harbour 28 189 Defender
8 Dean Couzins Auckland 27 172 Defender
9 Casey Henwood Midlands 28 78 Midfielder
11 Priyesh Bhana North Harbour 24 5 Striker
14 Joel Baker Wellington 22 10 Striker
15 Stephen Graham Midlands 23 5 Goalkeeper
17 Kyle Pontifex Wellington 29 74 Goalkeeper
21 Bryce Collins North Harbour 30 65 Midfielder
22 Lloyd Stephenson Midlands 27 99 Striker
24 Arun Panchia Auckland 19 - Midfielder
26 Isaac Staples Canterbury 18 - Striker
28 Richard Petherick Midlands 22 40 Defender
30 Ben Collier North Harbour 24 78 Midfielder
31 Steve Edwards North Harbour 23 62 Midfielder
32 Nick Wilson Central 18 25 Striker
Team Management
Coach Shane McLeod
Assistant Coach Darren Smith
Manager John Christensen
Physiotherapist Anousith Bouaaphone
Video/Specialist Paul Woolford
Nutritionist Daniel Healey
Itinerary
Monday 23 March Training 7pm – 9pm North Harbour
Thursday 26 March Training 3pm – 5pm North Harbour
Training 7pm – 9pm North Harbour
Monday 30 March Training 3pm – 5pm North Harbour
Training 7pm – 9pm North Harbour
Tuesday 31 March 10.45am Assemble at Auckland Airport
1.50pm Flight MH130 departs
8.15pm Arrive in Kuala Lumpur and transfer to Ipoh hotel.
Wednesday 1 April 10am – 12Noon Training
5pm – 7pm Training
Thursday 2 April 10am – 12Noon Training
Friday 3 April 10am – 12Noon Training
5pm – 7pm Training (Possible Practice v India)
Saturday 4 April 10am – 12Noon Training
5pm – 7pm Training
Sunday 5 April REST
Monday 6 April 5.00pm GAME v PAKISTAN
Tuesday 7 April REST
Wednesday 8 April 5.00pm GAME v EGYPT
Thursday 9 April 5.00pm GAME V INDIA
Friday 10 April REST
Saturday 11 April 7.00pm GAME V MALAYSIA
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