SA striker Pietie Coetzee netted 10 goals in four Test matches.
Photo: Luke Walker
Twenty-seven goals in total in Edinburgh over the last seven days just shows that the forwards and set-piece specialists had great success in the four-Test series between Scotland and the South Africa women’s hockey team.
SA won the series 2-1 after Scotland had won the first Test 3-2, followed by the South Africans winning the second and third Test matches 4-1 and 5-2.
Tuesday night’s final international at the University of Edinburgh’s Peffermill Sports Facility saw the encounter end in a 5-5 draw.
The world number 19 Scots, who were surprisingly knocked out of the World League in round two, punch considerably above their weight and gave world number 11 South Africa a right run for their money as the girls in green and gold made final preparations ahead of the World League semi-finals tournament that begins in London on Saturday and ends the following Sunday, June 30.
In their opening match, SA meet world number four England at 8pm (SA time) on Saturday. The South Africans meet world number two Argentina in a practice match at 5.30pm on Thursday.
For striker and set-piece ace Pietie Coetzee there was much to smile about during the Scotland series; the talismanic South African netting 10 goals in the four matches. – Sport Live
