IAS Graduate Grace Stewart continued her impressive international scoring run in Australia’s 3-1 win over China at the Hawke’s Bay Cup. The Hockeyroos finished third overall with the victory, after losing their semi-final against New Zealand. “It was good to finish on a win,” coach Adam Commens said. “I thought we were a little slow in our ball movement in the first half but we were very polished in the second half; everyone contributed, our ball speed and movement were much better, we played at a much higher tempo and were quite dominant.” “China are a good side, fifth in the world, and it’s important we put teams like that away. I think you can see a bit of a gap emerging between the top four teams in the world and the rest, with Great Britain and USA, along with the Asian teams, trying to close it.” Meanwhile, fellow IAS Graduate Flynn Ogilvie scored twice in the Kookaburras 5-1 thumping of India at the Azlan Shah Cup.
