Squad Announcement: Hockeyroos kick off 2024 Olympic campaign in India
Published Wed 31 Jan 2024
The Hockeyroos are holding nothing back as they prepare to kick start a mammoth 2024 at the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in India.
In a year headlined by the Paris Olympics, Hockeyroos’ Head Coach Katrina Powell is grateful to be travelling with a largely unchanged squad to India, after a solid training block at the squad’s centralised High-Performance Centre in Perth.
“We’ve had a great start to the year and we’re building nicely as we begin our home run to the Games, and what better way to start than with a tough FIH Pro League series abroad,” Powell said.
WA’s Penny Squibb and NT’s Brooke Peris won’t travel with the squad as both players were unavailable for selection while they manage injury.
“We’re currently managing them through injury and expect to see them back playing for the Hockeyroos shortly,” Powell said.
All eyes will be on a few fresh faces set to get their opportunity, including Queensland’s Dayle Dolkens who has earned a late call up to the side, and excitement is building around a likely debut for South Australia’s Lucy Sharman.
Sharman has enjoyed a whirlwind entry into the Hockeyroos set up, after an impressive season with the Adelaide Fire in last year’s JDH Hockey One League and at the Jillaroos’ Junior World Cup.
“It is so unreal to be selected into the Hockeyroos this year,” Sharman said.
“When I got the email that I was selected for the squad, I was in Chile at the Junior World Cup just lying on my bed, FaceTiming my family and the email came through and I just burst into tears!”
“It’s such a dream of mine and I’m excited for what the year holds.”
Dolkens also earned her call up to the squad following a meteoric rise with the Brisbane Blaze in the Hockey One League, which put her on Powell’s radar just months after she was playing for her brother’s Div 1 men’s team in Townsville.
The Hockeyroos open Season 5 of the FIH Pro League against China on Feb 4th, before taking on the United States, India, Netherlands and Spain.
All Hockeyroos and Kookaburras matches will be streamed live and FREE on 7Plus.
Hockeyroos Squad for the 2024 Pro League series in India, 4-18 February.
| Name | Date of birth | Hometown, State | Caps (Goals) | Junior Club |
| Alice Arnott | 25-Feb-98 | Willow Tree, NSW | 3 (1) | Tamworth HC |
| Jocelyn Bartram | 4-May-93 | Albury, NSW | 89 (0) | Wombats HC |
| Claire Colwill | 19-Sep-03 | Mackay, QLD | 37 (3) | St Josephs Primary School |
| Rosie Malone | 8-Jan-98 | Burleigh, QLD | 95 (29) | Burleigh HC |
| Amy Lawton | 19-Jan-02 | Emerald, VIC | 60 (4) | Southern United HC |
| Grace Young | 23-Aug-02 | Grafton, NSW | 15 (0) | Royals HC |
| Aleisha Power | 1-Jan-97 | Northam, WA | 25 (0) | Northam Hockey Association |
| Maddison Brooks | 23-Sep-04 | Hobart, TAS | 17 (2) | OHA HC |
| Greta Hayes | 17-Oct-96 | Sydney, NSW | 36 (1) | St George Randwick, UNSW |
| Hattie Shand | 11-Jan-00 | Naracoorte, SA | 33 (0) | Adelaide HC |
| Steph Kershaw | 19-Apr-95 | Townsville, QLD | 100 (16) | Wests HC |
| Kaitlin Nobbs | 24-Sep-97 | Newington, NSW | 115 (9) | Curtin Trinity Pirates |
| Lucy Sharman | 24-May-03 | Kalangadoo, SA | Debutant | Adelaide HC |
| Jane Claxton | 26-Oct-92 | Adelaide, SA | 228 (19) | Burnside HC |
| Karri Somerville | 7-Apr-99 | Kensington, WA | 33 (0) | Victoria Park HC |
| Renee Taylor | 28-Sep-96 | Everton Park, QLD | 117 (15) | Commercial, Waverly HC |
| Tatum Stewart | 22-Feb-02 | Toowoomba, QLD | 16 (2) | Rangeville Bulldogs HC |
| Mariah Williams | 31-May-95 | Parkes, NSW | 120 (19) | Newcastle Souths, Parkes Rovers |
| Rebecca Greiner | 13-Jun-99 | Bundaberg, QLD | 55 (6) | All Blacks HC |
| Grace Stewart | 28-Apr-97 | Gerringong, NSW | 114 (31) | Gerringong HC |
| Zoe Newman | 28-Jul-99 | Gymea, NSW | 6 (0) | Tartans HC |
| Dayle Dolkens | 28-Oct-01 | Gold Coast, QLD | Debutant | Roosters HC |
