England men ready for Argentina test

The England men’s squad are travelling to Argentina to start their FIH Hockey Pro League campaign against Argentina and Ireland from 10 December.

The squad sees nine Olympians back in action with while five players have been called up and could earn their first England cap.

Sam Ward, Connor Williamson and Tim Nurse have been selected as captains for the Argentina leg with Williamson and Nurse taking the arm band for the first time at Pro League.

The men take on Argentina on 11 December from 00:30 GMT before challenging Ireland 12 December.

Men’s Interim Head Coach Zak Jones said: “We are really excited to get going again. Obviously there has been a bit of transition after the Olympics but we’ve gone through a Talent Confirmation phase, and we have some new players in. We’ve recently had a trip to Belgium and that was really positive start.  

“We’re really looking forward to getting out to Argentina and taking on them and Ireland and getting the season started.”

England Men’s full squad:

James Albery

Rohan Bhuhi

Will Calnan

James Carleton

David Condon

Sam Hooper

James Mazarelo

Tim Nurse

James Oates

Nick Park

Jacob Payton

Rory Penrose

Matthew Ramshaw

Stuart Rushmere

Liam Sanford

Tom Sorsby

Sam Taylor

Jack Turner

Zach Wallace

Jack Waller

Sam Ward

Conor Williamson

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