KUALA TERENGGANU, April 7 (Bernama) -- Treble-winners Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) unveiled five new players for the Malaysian Hockey League’s (MHL) 2026 season.
Team coach Mohd Harfizi Baharom said three are local players - former national player Muhammad Firhan Ashari, Alfarico Lance Liau Jr and Mohammad Harris Iskandar Osman - while the remaining two are Dilraj Singh Gautam Singh of India and Keenan Craig Horne from South Africa.
"A total of 85 per cent of players are part of the existing team who have proved their capabilities. Combined with the new players, including internationals from South Africa and India, it makes a balanced combination between experience and new energy that can bring the team to a higher level,” he said at the launch of the THT and Terengganu Women’s Teams for the 2026 Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) MHL here today.
He added that the team were in final preparations to defend their treble win last year, and that they would do their best to win the Charity Shield match against TNB set for April 11. While the TNB team boast of many national players, he said that it would not deter THT in the upcoming match at Kuala Terengganu City Council Hockey Stadium.
"More than half of TNB’s team are national players, but we won’t give up. We will put up stiff competition against the visitors.
“I want the players to use home advantage to defend the Charity Shield we won last year,” he added.
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