Newly added Lovell looks like a shoe in for the odds of becoming Australia's next starter, publicly declaring his desire to push for number one spot, which will raise a few eyebrows and provide some good fuel for the fire of healthy competition for Australia's goalkeeping depth chart. Having impressed in the AHL recently for West Australia, enough to get into the Australia A side under the watchful eye of head coach Rick Charlesworth, Lovell is getting his chance at friendly games, within the current Korea series, and has clearly stated his intentions of pushing for starts and competing for a place within the potential Olympic squad down the line.
Clemons is also getting an opportunity as another addition to the full men's squad (which will probably be trimmed at some stage as the calendar for the next Olympics reaches its destination date). Meaning there are quite of number of talent goalkeepers available who are all trying to impress Charlesworth for further selection and Australia are quite stacked for goalkeeping talent in comparison to a lot of other hockey nations. But this seems to have become the case for quite some talent, although Holland are also in a good position with their healthy crop of goalkeepers! With no clear cut starter (although it may sound dreamy to say!) after Burger "hung up the pads" internationally (he's still playing at club level!), it's anyone's guess at who and any of their opportunities to be taken, if they work hard enough to follow that dream.
Clemons is also getting an opportunity as another addition to the full men's squad (which will probably be trimmed at some stage as the calendar for the next Olympics reaches its destination date). Meaning there are quite of number of talent goalkeepers available who are all trying to impress Charlesworth for further selection and Australia are quite stacked for goalkeeping talent in comparison to a lot of other hockey nations. But this seems to have become the case for quite some talent, although Holland are also in a good position with their healthy crop of goalkeepers! With no clear cut starter (although it may sound dreamy to say!) after Burger "hung up the pads" internationally (he's still playing at club level!), it's anyone's guess at who and any of their opportunities to be taken, if they work hard enough to follow that dream.
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