Froeling’s chance to impress against Dutch

KATIE FROELING has an early chance to make herself an adopted Irish hero as she lines out in green against her native Holland at the Volvo EuroHockey U18 Championships in Utrecht today (3.05pm Irish time).

Froeling’s chance to impress against Dutch

The Dutch tyro is a native of The Hague but qualifies for Ireland via her Carlow-born mother. Froeling fulfilled a selection criteria of travelling to every Irish training session, and the powerful drag-flicker has already proven her worth by notching four goals in two heavy friendly wins over France last week.

She is one of multiple threats in a side littered with experience that hopes to keep the feel-good factor going in Irish hockey, following encouraging performances from the senior teams this summer.

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