Hockey: Men's league info

SQUADS AND DRAW

(abbreviations: NZ, 2005 national squad members; NZD, 2005 national development squad; G, local guest player; IG, international guest player; AP, additional player).

Northland

Dean Child, John Child, Jordan Clarke (G Auck), Jareth Cocking, Iain Davidson (IG Aust), Michael Delaney, Scott Heappey (G Nth Harbour), Keiran Lynn, Paul MacKinnon (IG Aust), Andrew McLennan, Mark McLeod, Sanjay Patel (NZ, G Auck), Greg Paynter (G Wellington), Mark Thorne, Dion Watts, Sam Webb, Stewart McGregor. Coach: Barry Thorne. Gained: Davidson, MacKinnon. Last year: 8th. Prediction: 6th.

North Harbour

James Bailey, Shaun Barnett (NZ), Priyesh Bhana, Simon Brill, Ben Collier (NZD), Bryce Collins (NZ), Julian Dapena, Steve Edwards, Zac Hawes (IG Aust), Blair Hopping (NZ), David Kosoof (NZ), Shane Maddaford, Andrew Newson, Daniel Shaw, Darren Smith (NZ), Lloyd Stephenson (NZ). Coach: Smith. Lost: Andrew Kay, Matt Ferguson, Aiden Hill, David Green. Gained: Bhana, Bailey, Hawes, Edwards. Last year: 1st. Prediction: 1st.

Auckland

Ryan Archibald (NZ), Hamish Baron (NZD), Taine Bennett, Gareth Brooks (NZ), Simon Child (NZD), Cain Fleming (NZD), Dion Gosling (NZ), Anil Jasmat, Wayne McIndoe (NZ), Rakesh Parsotam, Dharmesh Puna (NZ), David Samuels, Gareth Spittal, Sunil Unka, Paul Woolford (NZ), one to be added. Coach: Keith Rowley. Lost: Mark Laurence, Sanjay Patel, Kieran Daji, Bevan Hari, Dean Couzins, Casey Henwood, Michael Gunn (broken leg). Gains: Brooks. Last year: 4th. Prediction: 2nd.

Midlands

Craig Armstrong, Dean Armstrong, Jonathan Brooker (G Auck), John Forbes, Umesh Hari (G Auck), Andy Hayward (G Cant), David Heappey, Daniel Hotchkis (IG Aust), Warren Kreft, Rowan Laurence, Andre LeClaire, Matthew Luxford, Richard Petherick (NZ), Sandeep Puna, Matthew Stafford, Tim Smith. Coach: Brad Jensen. Gained: Hari, Hayward, Brooker, Hotchkis. Last year: 7th. Prediction: 5th.

Central

Marcus Emery (G), Steven Graham, Nicholas Haig (G Cant), Luke Higgie, Matthew Hosking, Luke Kirk, Jeroen Koch (G Wellington), Cody Linton, Shaun Matthews, Daniel McLay (G Cant), Damien OHara, Daniel Parry, Craig Turner, Bart Van De Venne (G Wellington), Shane Wawatai, Trent Williamson. Coach: Dan McAleese. Gains: Emery, Haig, Hosking, Van De Venne, Koch. Last year: 6th. Prediction: 7th.

Wellington

Joel Baker, Scott Barnett, Julian Clark, Grant Down, Scott Falconer, David Green, Tim Gyles (NZD), Graham Helps, Ashley Holwell, Daniel Juno, Brent Livermore (IG Aust), Michael McCann (IG Aust), Allister McIntyre, Kyle Pontifex (NZ), James Schaefer, Chris Thomas. Coach: Peter Miskimmin. Lost: Phil Burrows, James Nation, Mitesh Patel, Hemant Lala. Gains: Falconer, Down, McCann. Last year: 3rd. Prediction: 4th.

Canterbury

Alistair Addison, Paul Ancher, Michael Bevin, James Biddick, Jason Bradley (NZD), Hugh Copland (NZD), Russell Gear, Daniel Harrington, Hamish Howard, Shea McAleese (NZ), Andrew Nation, Craig Paterson, Jan Peterson, Brad Shaw (NZ), Hayden Shaw, Peter Stafford. Coach: Andrew Hastie. Lost: Taeke Taekema, Sanjiv Menon, Rajeev Menon, Jeremy Symonds, Gareth Brooks. Gains: Bevin, Gear, Hayden Shaw. Last year: 2nd. Prediction: 3rd.

Southern

Chris Ashton, Ali Birchall, Jeremy Botting, Graeme Denny, Aaron Ford (G Cant), Mark Ford, Toby Hammond, Clayton Pohoi, Jonathan Pooch (G Cant), Dave Rankin (G Wellington), Andrew Searle (G Cant), Vinesh Sima, Tim Stewart, Craig Thorne, Dean Ritani, Mathew Young. Co-coaches: Chris Aubin, Darryl Stringer. Lost: Daniel Harrington. Gained: Aaron Ford, Pooch, Rankin, Searle. Last year: 5th. Prediction: 8th.

WHERE AND WHEN

September 17 (all Wellington): Canterbury v Northland 9.30am; North Harbour v Central 11am; Auckland v Southern 1.30pm; Wellington v Midlands 3pm.

September 18 (Wellington): North Harbour v Southern 9am; Canterbury v Midlands 11.20am; Wellington v Northland 1pm; Auckland v Central 3.30pm.

September 24: Central v Canterbury, Levin 2pm; Southern v Wellington, Dunedin 2pm; Northland v Auckland, Whangarei 3pm; Midlands v North Harbour, Hamilton 3pm.

October 2: Southern v Canterbury, Dunedin noon; Northland v North Harbour, Whangarei 1pm; Midlands v Auckland, Tauranga 1pm; Central v Wellington, Levin 1pm.

October 8: Southern v Northland, Crown Relocations Stadium 10.30am; North Harbour v Wellington, Crown Relocations Stadium 12.30pm; Central v Midlands, Lloyd Elsmore Park 2pm; Auckland v Canterbury, Lloyd Elsmore Park 4pm.

October 9: Southern v Midlands, Crown Relocations Stadium 10.30am; North Harbour v Canterbury, Crown Relocations Stadium 12.30pm; Central v Northland, Lloyd Elsmore Park 2pm; Auckland v Wellington, Lloyd Elsmore Park 4pm.

October 13 (all Christchurch): Southern v Central 1pm; North Harbour v Auckland 3pm; Canterbury v Wellington 6pm; Northland v Midlands 8pm.

October 15 (Christchurch), play-offs from 8.30am.

October 16 (Christchurch), play-offs from 8.30am (final 1pm).

TOP GOALSCORERS 2004

19: David Kosoof (Nth Harbour).
16: Taeke Taekema (Cant).
9: Bryce Collins (Nth Harbour).
8: Taine Bennett (Auck).
7: Gareth Brooks (Cant), Mark Laurence (Auck).

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS

2004: North Harbour
2003: Wellington
2002: Wellington
2001: Auckland
2000: North Harbour