Rhett Halkett (born 2 May 1986) is a South African former

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player who is the assistant coach of the India national field hockey team.

Club career

Halkett left South Africa in 2010 to play for

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in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. After his contract expired in 2013 he left Den Bosch for Laren. After one season at Laren, he played 5 seasons in the

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for Mannheimer HC and UHC Hamburg.

International career

Halkett began playing for the South African

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in 2009. He competed at the 2010 Hockey World Cup in India, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India, the 2012 Summer Olympics in England, the 2014 Hockey World Cup in The Netherlands, the

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. in Scotland. He is an African Cup of Nations gold medalist for 2009, 2013 and 2015. He won South African Men’s Player of the Year in 2016. After the

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he retired from the national team.

Coaching career

After he retired playing in 2019 at UHC Hamburg he became the assistant coach for the first women's team of the Hamburg club. In August 2020 he was appointed as the assistant coach of the Netherlands women's national team.

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* 1986 births Living people South African people of British descent South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Field hockey players from Johannesburg HC Den Bosch players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Mannheimer HC players Uhlenhorster HC players South African field hockey coaches Male field hockey defenders {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub