Austin Smith, skipper of South Africa hockey team, will be available for HIL [Hockey India League] players’ auction along with others, the organisers said on Friday. Smith,27, has 103 international caps and has been part of South African teams that competed in Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012.
Drag-flicker Justin Reid Ross [91 games], Lloyd Norris Jones [90 games] and Thornton McDade [94 games] are among the other big draws. Centre-half Lloyd Madsen [70 caps], defender Rhett Halkett [64 caps] and Erasmus Pieterse, who has kept the goal in 60 matches, along with defender Clinton Panther [34 caps] are also among the other players from South Africa who have signed for the auction.
Drag-flicker Justin Reid Ross [91 games], Lloyd Norris Jones [90 games] and Thornton McDade [94 games] are among the other big draws. Centre-half Lloyd Madsen [70 caps], defender Rhett Halkett [64 caps] and Erasmus Pieterse, who has kept the goal in 60 matches, along with defender Clinton Panther [34 caps] are also among the other players from South Africa who have signed for the auction.