Ireland Men Teams Named For Holland Series

Coach Craig Fulton has announced his squad for Ireland's 2 test matches against The Netherlands this week. Ireland will face the Netherlands, world number 2, twice in 3 days as preparation for the Eurohockey Championships moves up another gear.

The Netherlands have already qualified for the Rio Olympics by finishing third in World League Buenos Aires and will be the highest ranked team at the Eurohockey.Championships in London (August 21st-30th). The Green Machine will compete at the Euro's in London from August 22nd - 29th, a tournament that sees 4 of the world's top 5 teams take to the pitch along with Ireland, Spain, Russia and France. Speaking about this week's high quality Dutch opposition, Coach Fulton said " The two games we playing against the Dutch will be our first games post WL3 in Antwerp. This phase of matches is important in the build up to the Euros and no better opposition than the Dutch to start our preparations. We have been training as a squad for the last 2 weeks and guys are keen to get playing test match hockey again"

- Match on Friday August 7th will be played at hockey club Hoorn at 18.30 hrs.
- Match on Sunday August 9th will be played at hockey club Almere at 13.00 hrs.