Aussie magic for Young Tigers in penalty corners


KUALA LUMPUR: The men’s national junior hockey squad are now steeped into sharpening goals from penalty corners with the help of Australian expert Chris Ciriello in preparation for the Junior World Cup (JWC) at the Bukit Jalil National Hockey Stadium scheduled to take place from Dec 5-16.

National junior coach Amin Rahim said Ciriello’s ‘magical touch’ is very important to ensure the national squad are able to diversify their playing and tactical patterns to score goals when facing the world powers at the quadrennial tournament.

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