Above is a photo of the 4 Southern United U15 team members who represented Victoria at last weeks Australian U15 Hockey Championships in Perth.

The team played 7 gruelling games in 9 days in Perth’s extreme heat of up to 33 degrees.

Needing to win the last round game of the competition by 6 goals to reach the grand final, the Vics scored 7 goals to make the final against NSW. In the final it was an amazing game that befit a National final, and despite leading 2-1 part way through the game the Vics went down 4-3 in what was there only loss for the tournament.

The Southern United players above, who play for the Southern U16 team from left to right are: Rahul Karri, Max Dalton, Nathan Ephrams and Josh Mulder.