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Cape Town - South Africa women's hockey team and Australia's Hockeyroos drew their match 1-1 (half-time 0-0) at the Hartleyvale Stadium on Tuesday night.
Australia’s Anna Flanagan netted a penalty corner in the 51st minute when she scored on SA goalkeeper Sanani Mangisa’s stick-side, but the blow was cancelled out eight minutes by Jade Mayne’s deflection goal off Shelley Russell’s powerful cross from the right.
After 25 seconds Bernie Coston intercepted 40 metres out, burnt her markers and fed Sulette Damons, whose cross was nearly connected by the lurking Pietie Coetzee.
SA continued to dominate and after 11 minutes Quanita Bobbs struck wide of the far post. Australia finally broke away and Fiona Boyce could have scored had it not been for the form of Mangisa in goal.
SA hit back and on-song Hockeyroos goalkeeper Ashlee Wells made a couple of quality interventions before the Aussies again broke away and won a penalty corner at the other end, Jodie Schulz’s bullet just going wide.
Soon after, Australia were awarded another penalty corner which, SA did not agree with.
First-wave Damons blocked it before yet another penalty corner was saved by Mangisa.
The game became extremely tense as the South Africans and their supporters, plus the Australians to some extent, found fault with umpires Alwiene Sterk of The Netherlands and Emma Shelbourn of England.
Another hotly contested penalty corner went Australia’s way and Flanagan ripped a hard, low flick on the wrong side of the post.
The crowd went wild when Russell was repeatedly stick-checked on a remarkable 35-metre run and the cheer was immense when SA were awarded a penalty corner, which the Aussie defence blocked.
The second half promised to be a humdinger and it delivered.
Coston broke away on a 40-metre run through the middle and was awarded an ultimately fruitless penalty corner, which drew protests from the bench as the South African was still in control and about to take on the keeper.
There was another howl of anger at a penalty corner awarded to Australia at the other end, and this time Flanagan went high to Mangisa’s stick-side (1-0).
With 16 minutes left Lisa Deetlefs cracked a cross into the strike zone and Coetzee’s delicate touch almost evaded Wells in goal.
Then Australia lost a player to the sin-bin and the roof almost blew off the stadium roof as Coetzee forced a penalty corner, but Wells came to the rescue.
The crowd erupted in the 59th minute when SA equalised after Shelley Russell cracked a cross from the right and Jade Mayne flashed her shot past a helpless keeper into the back of the net (1-1).
Coetzee (twice) and Chamberlain came close in the last five minutes, but it was not to be.
Fixtures:
Wednesday (Rest day)
Thursday: SA take on the might of the Netherlands at 20:00, a mouth-watering clash that is preceded by England facing old enemy the Aussies at 18:00.
Australia’s Anna Flanagan netted a penalty corner in the 51st minute when she scored on SA goalkeeper Sanani Mangisa’s stick-side, but the blow was cancelled out eight minutes by Jade Mayne’s deflection goal off Shelley Russell’s powerful cross from the right.
After 25 seconds Bernie Coston intercepted 40 metres out, burnt her markers and fed Sulette Damons, whose cross was nearly connected by the lurking Pietie Coetzee.
SA continued to dominate and after 11 minutes Quanita Bobbs struck wide of the far post. Australia finally broke away and Fiona Boyce could have scored had it not been for the form of Mangisa in goal.
SA hit back and on-song Hockeyroos goalkeeper Ashlee Wells made a couple of quality interventions before the Aussies again broke away and won a penalty corner at the other end, Jodie Schulz’s bullet just going wide.
Soon after, Australia were awarded another penalty corner which, SA did not agree with.
First-wave Damons blocked it before yet another penalty corner was saved by Mangisa.
The game became extremely tense as the South Africans and their supporters, plus the Australians to some extent, found fault with umpires Alwiene Sterk of The Netherlands and Emma Shelbourn of England.
Another hotly contested penalty corner went Australia’s way and Flanagan ripped a hard, low flick on the wrong side of the post.
The crowd went wild when Russell was repeatedly stick-checked on a remarkable 35-metre run and the cheer was immense when SA were awarded a penalty corner, which the Aussie defence blocked.
The second half promised to be a humdinger and it delivered.
Coston broke away on a 40-metre run through the middle and was awarded an ultimately fruitless penalty corner, which drew protests from the bench as the South African was still in control and about to take on the keeper.
There was another howl of anger at a penalty corner awarded to Australia at the other end, and this time Flanagan went high to Mangisa’s stick-side (1-0).
With 16 minutes left Lisa Deetlefs cracked a cross into the strike zone and Coetzee’s delicate touch almost evaded Wells in goal.
Then Australia lost a player to the sin-bin and the roof almost blew off the stadium roof as Coetzee forced a penalty corner, but Wells came to the rescue.
The crowd erupted in the 59th minute when SA equalised after Shelley Russell cracked a cross from the right and Jade Mayne flashed her shot past a helpless keeper into the back of the net (1-1).
Coetzee (twice) and Chamberlain came close in the last five minutes, but it was not to be.
Fixtures:
Wednesday (Rest day)
Thursday: SA take on the might of the Netherlands at 20:00, a mouth-watering clash that is preceded by England facing old enemy the Aussies at 18:00.
