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Australia dangle a good time a purpose in their 4-1 receive over the Dark Sticks.
At National Hockey Centre, Auckland: Kookaburras 4 (Blake Govers, Ky Willott 2, Nathan Ephraums) beat the Blacks Sticks 1 (Sam Lane) Q1: 0-0; HT: 2-0; Q3: 3-1
Australia’s Kookaburras dangle clinched the trans-Tasman sequence after one other resounding victory over the males’s Dark Sticks in Auckland on Saturday.
The Kiwi side had misplaced 8-1 and 4-0 in opposition to the arena Number 1 Aussies within the outlet two fixtures and misplaced the third of the four-match sequence 4-1 despite a salvage first quarter at the National Hockey Centre.
Fresh Dark Sticks coach Greg Nicol’s younger crew, who’re ranked ninth, are getting ready for Birmingham’s Commonwealth Video games in July and dangle simply been no match for the Australians, who completed with silver finally year’s Tokyo Olympics.
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The Aussies will desire gold in Birmingham and led 2-0 at half of-time after Blake Govers arrowed a honest shot into the pause nook.
Ky Willott doubled their before the interval and whereas the Dark Sticks hit serve within the third quarter with Sam Lane’s strike, Willott restored Australia’s two-purpose serve after an very good counterattack, sliding in for his 2d.
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Sam Lane celebrating his purpose for the Dark Sticks in opposition to Australia on Saturday.
Australia misplaced a player to a yellow card within the final quarter and the Kiwis pushed laborious to open a fightback.
Alternatively, Nathan Ephraums buried their fourth purpose within the final minutes to salvage the sequence.
The sequence finale is at Auckland’s National Hockey Centre on Sunday.