International games

from Town & Country Journal, Week #121 - May 4, 2023

Town & CountryJournal

Gerard Walsh sports@thedailyjournal.ink

Queensland pair Matt Davison and Trent Collins will be two of the players to watch as Australia plays the Rest of the World in international polocrosse this weekend (May 5-7) at Morgan Park.

The Australian men's and ladies teams have already beaten New Zealand in Test series in New Zealand this year and only one change was made for the two series against the Rest of the World.

In the women's Australian team, two of the likely stars are the world's best player Lucy Grills from Holbrook in New South Wales and Chinchilla club player Lindsey Doolan.

The best represented countries in the Rest of the World teams are New Zealand and South Africa.

African player Stefan Harris will be one of the toughest for the Australians to match in a Rest of the World team coached by his father Henry Harris who represented Zimbabwe in the first World Cup in 2003.

The Test matches for ladies and men are from 6pm Friday and Saturday and 11am Sunday. Each game will be eight six-minute chukkas.

The first play of the weekend will be in the Barastoc Interstate Series from 8.30am Friday. Shell Cup club action starts at

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8am Saturday. Games will be played on seven fields with two practice fields also available.

While team nominations will come in this week, it is expected club teams will come from as far north as Calliope and Rockhampton in Central

Queensland, west to Roma and south to Quirindi in New South Wales.

Warwick Club President Les Fraser said the fields were in as good a condition as at any time down the years.

Each Australian player has to provide four horses to the pool which will provide plenty of horses for the visiting players.

The series against the Rest of the World is the first for 30 years. Tickets for the polocrosse are $35 for the weekend, $15 a day/ night, $12 per night only and under 16 free.

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