Hockeyroos writing their own history as they play for Games gold | Rob Harris
The anguish of recent years hasn’t disappeared, but it is no longer a motivating factor.
To make the final, the Australians defeated New Zealand, who upstaged the hosts at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 4-1 to win gold, and“We talked about that whole revenge kind of mental side of it. But we didn’t want to buy into that because that’s a different story and that story is in the past,” says Amy Lawton, one of 12 players who are competing their first Commonwealth Games, said.
Born in Worthing, a seaside town west of Brighton in England, Lawton emigrated to Australia as a seven-year-old with her family. But she’s not expecting any favours from the sellout 6000-capacity crowd in Birmingham.“It’s exactly what we came here for and to take on England at their home Games, with a home crowd, is just going to be an incredible atmosphere,” she said.
Powell, the first female head coach since Colleen Quinn in 1978, was originally appointed on an interim basis
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