2023 Australian U21 and U18 Indoor squads announced

This year’s Australian Emerging (U18) and Junior (U21) Women’s and Men’s Indoor Squads have been selected following the completion of the 2023 Australian Indoor Championships.

The announcement of the squads comes as Australia’s Senior indoor teams return home following the FIH Indoor World Cup in Pretoria, South Africa.

“It was fantastic to finally have national championships after two years,” said Australian Indoor Women’s Head Coach, Mark Sandhu.

“It was pleasing to see the performances of the states and individual players that have stepped up to stake their claim in the national squads.”

Indoor Men’s Head Coach, Steve Willer lauded the quality of hockey to come from the national event in Brisbane.

“The resilience and talent of Australian indoor hockey players was on display,” said Willer.

“After a long break due to COVID it was exciting to see the players bounce back and show their skills.”

“The standard across the competitions was high and the depth and potential within the selected squads puts indoor hockey in Australia on a strong footing going forwards.”

The Australian Men’s Junior Squad boasts the top goal scorer from the U21 Men’s Australian Indoor Championships, Western Australian Thomas Keating.

Among the players selected in the Australian Women’s Junior squad are three players from the Victorian team that won the U21s event – captain Isabella Bozzone as well as goalkeepers Gemma Kahanoff and Aurelienne Pywell.

Michael Arthur, who took out both the Player of the Tournament and Leading Goal Scorer in the U18 Men’s Division, headlines a host of exciting young talent in the Men’s Emerging Squad.

Training camps for each squad throughout the year are expected to be scheduled and announced in due course.

The Australian Senior Men’s and Women’s Indoor Squads will be announced after the FIH Indoor World Cup.

2023 Australian Men’s Junior (U21) Indoor Squad
Hunter Banyard (WA), Thomas Brightling (ACT), Cooper Cabot (QLD), Brock Christensen (QLD), Joshua Commins (TAS), Lachlan Cope (NSW), Jarod Crick (WA), Toby Dreyer (NSW), Thomas Dyall (VIC), Julius Gottstein (VIC), Fin Hegyi (ACT), Angus Hendry (VIC), Thomas Keating (WA), Oliver Marshall (VIC), Tyler McCann (NSW), Riley Nilan (NSW), Corey O’Neil (VIC), Cameron Pell (WA), Dylan Pember (QLD), Luke Randle (QLD), Bryce Robinson (QLD), Dylan Simmons (NSW), Ryan Simpson (NSW), Bradley Smith (NSW), Ryley Stevens (QLD), Kael Webster (NSW), Matthew West (QLD), Edward Westcott (QLD)

2023 Australian Women’s Junior (U21) Indoor Squad
Amberley Abbott (WA), Emma Baxter (ACT), Isabella Bozzone (VIC), Ella Carr (NSW), Georgia Dobbs (QLD), Imogen Dorsett (ACT), Lilly-Kate Charles (QLD), Madison Clark (TAS), Chloe Daly (QLD), Georgia Ferguson (TAS), Imogen Fowles (NSW), Monique Formilan (WA), Zali Gough (QLD), Andie Griffin (QLD), Emily Hewitt-Park (NSW), Gemma Kahanoff (VIC), Makenzie Harvey (NSW), Sorita Pho (NSW), Aurelienne Pywell (VIC), Layla Riley (NSW), Helena Tobbe (NSW), Brooke Welsh (NSW), Chloe Forbes (WA), Victoria Heffernan (QLD), Cassidy Knuth (QLD), Georgia Staines (ACT), Paige Tremble (QLD)

2023 Australian Men’s Emerging (U18) Indoor Squad
Samuel Aitkenhead (QLD), Michael Arthur (NSW), Harry Bradbury (VIC), Ethan Brooks (NSW), Oliver Bryans (QLD), Brodie Carswell (VIC), Jack Cudby (WA), Ryan Dooley (ACT), Tom Duncan (NSW), Jared Findley (NSW), Matthew Hawthorne (QLD), Quintyn Laskey-Vella (QLD), Harrison Leigh (VIC), Kade Leigh (VIC), Jett Leong (NSW), Magnus Mccausland (TAS), Mitchell Mcgrath (WA), Haiden Mellifont (QLD), Brayden Naess (QLD), Riley New (NSW), Taz Nyrhinen (NSW), Lachlan Paice (VIC), Riley Profke (QLD), Cooper Punch (QLD), William Ready (QLD), Sam Riggs (QLD), Lachlan Rogers (TAS), Jerome Saleh (QLD), Mathew Young (ACT)

2023 Australian Women’s Emerging (U18) Indoor Squad
Chloe Barton (ACT), Lilly Bushby (TAS), Pip Constable (NSW), Matisse Daniel (VIC), Sophie D’castro (QLD), Sienna Harvey (NSW), Freya Hewitt-Park (NSW), Amity Humphreys (QLD), Madyson Jones (QLD), Tayla Jones (NSW), Ziggy Leong (NSW), Portia Miller (WA), Nina Murphy (QLD), Samantha Neil (QLD), Alexandria Risetto (QLD), Bella Rutter (WA), Abbey Ryan (VIC), Jessica Speechly (ACT), Andie Staples (QLD), Jade Temby (VIC), Karrissa Van Der Wath (QLD), Mikayla Wardrope (WA)