23 Jun 2011

Black Sticks lose final Champions Trophy warm up match

12:57 pm on 23 June 2011

The New Zealand women's hockey team have lost their final warm up match ahead of the Champions Trophy tournament in Amsterdam, going down 4-3 to South Korea.

It was the last of seven build up matches ahead of the tournament with coach Mark Hager taking the opportunity to rest key players for large parts of the game.

The Black Sticks first match at the Champions Trophy is against Germany on Sunday morning.