Historic five straight for Hockeyroos
Published Sat 31 Jul 2021
The Hockeyroos continued their fairy-tale run in Tokyo winning an historic fifth straight match to seal what is Australia’s best lead into the play-offs at an Olympic Games.
The world number two side surpassed the performance of the gold-medal winning 1988, 1996 and 2000 Olympic women’s hockey teams who were unbeaten, but had at least one draw, in their preliminary round matches.
As a player, Hockeyroos Head Coach Katrina Powell was key to two of those feats (1996, 2000) and is hoping she can repeat the overall success in her new leadership role.
Today’s hard-fought 2-0 win over four-time Olympic medallists Argentina cements the Hockeyroos at the top of Pool B.
They are likely to meet rising stars India or World Cup silver medallist Ireland, who are making their Olympic debut in Tokyo, in the quarter finals with placings in Pool A to be decided tonight.
Match Details
Argentina 0
Hockeyroos 2 (S.Fitzpatrick 49’, Chalker 59’)
@ Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo
Hockeyroos: 2.Rosie Malone, 3.Brooke Peris, 8.Georgia Wilson, 10.Maddy Fitzpatrick, 12.Greta Hayes, 13.Edwina Bone, 14.Steph Kershaw, 15.Kaitlin Nobbs, 18.Jane Claxton (c), 20.Karri Somerville, 21.Renee Taylor, 22.Kate Jenner, 24.Mariah Williams, 26.Emily Chalker, 27.Rachael Lynch (gk), 32.Savannah Fitzpatrick
