Forsyth and Morton selected for GB Men Pro League against Argentina

Scotland’s Alan Forsyth and Lee Morton have both been selected for Great Britain men’s Pro league match against Argentina.

Five Scots have now been selected to play in the upcoming round of FIH Pro League matches after Sarah Robertson; Amy Costello; and Nicki Cochrane were selected for the women’s squad.

Argentina will host GB Men on Saturday 6 April at 19:30 UK time with the match being played at Estadio Mundialista, Rosario.

Forsyth has played in all three of Great Britain’s matches with Morton playing in two. Great Britain sit third in the table on six points while Argentina are in fifth.

Great Britain will be led by Russell Garcia for this fixture. Following an intense 12 months, with two World Cups in five months and a transition to the men’s programme, Danny Kerry will not be travelling and will be taking some time back in the UK to plan and energise, ensuring that building blocks are in place for the programme to excel leading into the remainder of the FIH Pro League.

GB Performance Director Ed Barney commented, “We have four very clear objectives for the senior programmes in 2019. One of these is about how we arrive at Olympic Qualification and 2020 with an energised, excited and fresh staff and player group. Through the early stages of the FIH Pro League we have already applied different staff models within the support staff – these have worked well and the decision for Danny to take a little time back is solely related to this. It’s an exciting opportunity for Russell, the staff team and the squad, and we know that Russell will lead the programme with real expertise, skill and passion.”

Danny Kerry added, “We’re again taking the opportunity to broaden the depth in our squad and I am excited about the inclusion of Peter Scott. The competition for places is good, the team dynamic is good and we continue to work hard on a number of areas. It seems a long time since we played Australia in February and Argentina have played a number of matches during that time. We will therefore need to be quick out of the blocks, but I am confident in the work the lads have put in over practice recently.”

Full squad:
David Ames (ENG) (Holcombe)
Liam Ansell (ENG) (East Grinstead)
David Condon (ENG) (East Grinstead)
Brendan Creed (ENG) (Surbiton)
Adam Dixon (Capt) (ENG) (Beeston)
Alan Forsyth (SCO) (Surbiton)
James Gall (ENG) (Surbiton)
Harry Gibson (GK) (ENG) (Surbiton)
Mikey Hoare (ENG) (Wimbledon)
Lee Morton (SCO) (Reading)
George Pinner (GK) (ENG) (Holcombe)
Phil Roper (ENG) (Wimbledon)
Peter Scott (ENG) (Reading)
Ian Sloan (ENG) (Wimbledon)
Luke Taylor (ENG) (Surbiton)
Zach Wallace (ENG) (Surbiton)
Jack Waller (ENG) (Wimbledon)
Sam Ward (ENG) (Old Georgians)
Henry Weir (ENG) (Wimbledon)
Ollie Willars (ENG) (Beeston)

 

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