Rhett Halkett

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|5|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

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| position = Defender

| currentclub = Netherlands Women (Assistant)

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| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Den Bosch

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Laren

| years3 = 2014–2018

| clubs3 = Mannheimer HC

| years4 = 2018–2019

| clubs4 = UHC Hamburg

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2019

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 155

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| manageryears1 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs1 = UHC Hamburg Women (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs2 = Netherlands Women (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2023–

| managerclubs3 = India (assistant)

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Rhett Halkett (born 2 May 1986) is a South African former field hockey player who is the assistant coach of the India national field hockey team.

Club career

Halkett left South Africa in 2010 to play for Den Bosch in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.{{cite web |title=Keeper Vivaldi verlaat Den Bosch |url=https://www.nu.nl/sport-overig/2310300/keeper-vivaldi-verlaat-bosch.html |website=nu.nl |publisher=NU.nl |accessdate=14 August 2020 |language=nl |date=11 August 2010}} After his contract expired in 2013 he left Den Bosch for Laren.{{cite web |title=De overstap van… Rhett Halkett |url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/heren/de-overstap-van-rhett-halkett/ |website=hoofdklassehockey.nl |publisher=Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland |accessdate=14 August 2020 |language=nl |date=12 March 2014}} After one season at Laren, he played 5 seasons in the German Bundesliga for Mannheimer HC and UHC Hamburg.

International career

Halkett began playing for the South African national team in 2009.{{Cite web|title = Glasgow 2014 - Rhett Halkett Profile|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1019309/rhett_halkett.html|website = g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date = 2016-02-23}} 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 Commonwealth Games. 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 2018 World Cup he retired from the national team.{{cite web |title=SA men's squad named for FIH Hockey Series |url=https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/sa-mens-squad-named-for-fih-hockey-series-20190509 |website=www.sport24.co.za |publisher=sport24 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |date=9 May 2019}}

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.{{cite web |title=Rhett Halkett opvolger Lucas Judge als assistent Oranje Dames |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/oranje/rhett-halkett-opvolger-lucas-judge-als-assistent-oranje-dames/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=14 August 2020 |language=nl |date=14 August 2020}}