A young and inexperienced Hockeyroos outfit fought serve from two dreams down to design 2-2 with New Zealand within the hole match of their trans-Tasman assortment in Auckland.
The Shadowy Sticks led 2-0 heading into the last quarter but two dreams in as many minutes from seasoned campaigners Maddy Fitzpatrick and Mariah Williams gave the guests a fraction of the spoils in their first global match in over nine months.
Claire Colwill, Hattie Shand, Shanea Tonkin and Hannah Cullum-Sanders all made their Hockeyroos debut, while Rebecca Greiner performed her first Hockeyroos match since 2019.
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With the exception of veterans Jane Claxton and Brooke Peris, the Hockeyroos crew incorporated 10 gamers with U20 global experience.
The Hockeyroos had been sad to no longer transfer ahead within the first quarter with Rosie Malone and Tonkin denied most effective by the agility of Shadowy Sticks goalkeeper Grace O’Hanlon.
O’Hanlon also came to the hosts’ rescue with a tidy double build from a Hockeyroos penalty corner.
Hockeyroos No.1 Jocelyn Bartram used to be to no longer be outdone and produced some necessary saves herself to foil the hosts.
A minute into the 2nd quarter, NZ capitalised on a penalty corner to preserve the lead.
Bartram did wisely to end the preliminary whisk flick but Rose Tynan used to be first to the rebound and poked the ball over the line in her debut.
O’Hanlon’s resistance continued to frustrate the Hockeyroos sooner than Bartram denied Olivia Shannon – the goalkeepers famend all match.
But Shannon used to be to no longer be denied within the 42nd minute when she fired past Bartram for a 2-0 lead.
The Hockeyroos pressed and had been rewarded for their intent when Fitzpatrick beat O’Hanlon with a wisely-executed whisk flick.
A minute later the Hockeyroos had been awarded a penalty stroke that Williams duly converted by lifting it into the highest corner to design level.
The final consequence made it five draws between the groups from their last eight meetings.
Hockeyroos coach Katrina Powell used to be encouraged by the highest consequence.
“I reveal our performance used to be a puny bit scratchy and looked a puny bit inexperienced … that is most likely what you’d question after no longer taking part in for see you later,” said Powell.
“But to herald four debutantes and lastly acquire to play again, drawing towards New Zealand tonight is no longer a rotten factor.
“We got quite lots of outcomes within the attacking circle … no longer dreams but we now hang got no longer gained that many penalty corners in a game for a truly long time in recount that used to be horny.”
Match two of the four-match assortment is on Thursday at 5.05pm AEST.