Hockeyroos

The Hockeyroos have settled for consecutive Commonwealth Games silver after England outplayed them 2-1 to claim their first...

"We've got a lot of work to do, some of that's technical, some tactical and some under the pressure of a home team in a Commonwealth Games that's up for the fight," new coach Katrina Powell said. Kaitlin Nobbs, who brought up 100 games during the tournament, fell to her knees and was consoled by teammates after an opportunity was lost to end an eight-week tour with gold. "It's a bigger picture there that it isn't just about the athletes that have been rejuvenated," she said. Two-time Olympic champion Powell said she was "super proud" of the players' efforts and Hockey Australia's approach since her return as a coach. A semi-final defeat of India in a shootout on Friday earned Australia, who lost in the 2018 gold medal game to New Zealand, a slice of revenge. Poor control around the attacking circle and several defensive lapses were costly for Australia, who rallied in the final quarter but were bereft of ideas in attack at Birmingham University.

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In the end, they were left to rue a second quarter where England scored two crucial goals. England had a second just a few minutes later when Tess Howard deflected a shot at close range. And that was the thing that’s happened here. “I like that they are doing a variation there. They’re working around and it looks like a bunch of tired girls there.” We’ve had just four goals in the last three matches.

Australia capitulated in a horror second quarter which has cost them a fifth Commonwealth Games gold medal, as hosts England claimed their first on the back ...

They kept pushing in the final term with a series of good forward plays, but England’s defence remained staunch in the face of multiple penalty corners. The hosts’ irresistible thirst to score was quenched in the second when Holly Hunt got on the end of a fantastic cross at the top of the circle, smashing it in the bottom right corner to put the second goal past the Hockeyroos all tournament. England threatened to score midway through the first term when they had a series of penalty corners, but a fantastic save by Australian goalkeeper Aleisha Power kept them at bay.

The Hockeyroos have finished with a silver medal after being stung by a four-minute, two-goal burst by England...

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