Hockey New Zealand is thrilled to announce the Vantage Black Sticks Males’s squad, chosen for the eagerly awaited 2025 Males’s Oceania Cup in Darwin, Australia, operating from 4–7 September on the MWT Hockey Centre.
The thirteenth version of the Oceania Cup might be a basic showdown between New Zealand and Australia, designed as a best-of-three Take a look at match collection to find out automated qualification for the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup. Nonetheless, there’s a slight twist… The Vantage Black Sticks males’s workforce has already secured their World Cup spot due to Australia’s earlier qualification by way of the FIH Professional League, which means New Zealand will advance whatever the match outcomes.
Nonetheless, this collection guarantees excessive depth and fierce rivalry with Trans-Tasman bragging rights on the road. Motivation continues to be extraordinarily excessive with the chance to tackle the Kookaburras in their very own yard and declare victory over one in every of world hockey’s powerhouses. The three video games are scheduled as follows:
Recreation 1 – 4th September 8.30pm NZT
Recreation 2 – sixth September 6.30pm NZT
Recreation 3 – seventh September 6.30pm NZT
All matches might be livestreamed and accessible to look at free on TVNZ+.
VANTAGE BLACK STICKS MEN – OCEANIA CUP 2025 SQUAD
BENJI CULHANE, BRAD READ, BRADLEY ROTHWELL, CHARLIE MORRISON, DANE LETT, DOM DIXON, DYLAN THOMAS, GEORGE BAKER, FINN WARD, ISAAC HOULBROOKE, JOE MORRISON, MALACHI BUSCHL, MATTHEW RUETSCH, PATRICK WARD, SAM HIHA, SAM LANE, SCOTT BOYDE, SEAN FINDLAY, SIMON YORSTON
NOTABLE DEBUTS – MATTHEW RUETSCH and BRADLEY ROTHWELL will convey thrilling recent vitality to the squad.
