{"id":20547,"date":"2013-06-20T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-womens-hockey-team-beats-scotland\/"},"modified":"2013-06-20T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T08:37:41","slug":"sa-womens-hockey-team-beats-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-womens-hockey-team-beats-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"SA women\u2019s hockey team beats Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=5638\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5638  \" alt=\"SA striker Pietie Coetzee netted 10 goals in four Test matches. Photo: Luke Walker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/fdaf5_Pietie%2BCoetzee.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">SA striker Pietie Coetzee netted 10 goals in four Test matches.<br \/>Photo: Luke Walker<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven goals in total in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Edinburgh\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=55.9530555556,-3.18888888889spn=0.1,0.1q=55.9530555556,-3.18888888889 (Edinburgh)t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Edinburgh<\/a> 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\u2019s hockey team.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night\u2019s final international at the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Peffermill Sports Facility saw the encounter end in a 5-5 draw.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>For striker and set-piece ace <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pietie Coetzee\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pietie_Coetzee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Pietie Coetzee<\/a> there was much to smile about during the Scotland series; the talismanic South African netting 10 goals in the four matches. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportlive.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">Sport Live<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b848e_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s hockey team. 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