2019 Women's Hockey One

The 2019 Women's Sultana Bran Hockey One was the inaugural women's edition of Hockey Australia's national league, Hockey One. The tournament was held across 7 states and territories of Australia. The tournament started on 29 September and culminated on 16 November 2019.^[1]

2019 Women's
Sultana Bran Hockey One

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	29 September – 16 November
Teams	7
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brisbane Blaze (1st title)
Runner-up	HC Melbourne
Third place	Adelaide Fire
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	87 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	4 Players (see list below) (6 goals)
Best player	Shihori Oikawa
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The grand final of the tournament was hosted by HC Melbourne, as the top ranked team to qualify for the final.^[2]

Brisbane Blaze won the tournament after defeating HC Melbourne 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished as a 1–1 draw.^[3] Adelaide Fire finished in bronze position, following results from the pool stage.^[4]

Competition format

Format

The 2019 Hockey One will follow a similar format to that of the final edition of the Australian Hockey League. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round.

During the pool stage, teams play each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams will then qualify for the Classification Round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting a grand final. Team 1 will host Team 4, while Team 2 will host Team 3. Of the two victorious teams, the higher ranked team from the pool stage will host the grand final.^[5]

Rules

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules, Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One:

• When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal.
• Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.

Point allocation

Match points will be distributed as follows:

• 5 points: win
• 3 points: shoot-out win
• 2 points: shoot-out loss
• 0 points: loss

Participating teams

The seven teams competing in the league come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent.^[6]

Adelaide Fire

Head Coach: Melody Cooper

1. Linzi Appleyard
3. Brooklyn Buchecker
6. Jane Claxton
7. Emma de Broughe
8. Holly Evans (C)
9. Rachel McCann
12. Emily Grist
13. Sarah Harrison
14. Amy Hunt
15. Euleena MacLachlan
17. Karri McMahon
19. Gabrielle Nance
20. Harriet Shand
21. Michaela Spano
22. Leah Welstead
23. Gemma McCaw
24. Leah Butt
25. Kate Denning
28. Amy Hammond (GK)
30. Ashlee Wells (GK)

Brisbane Blaze

Head Coach: Nikki Taylor

1. Savannah Fitzpatrick
2. Madison Fitzpatrick
3. Layla Eleison
4. Ashlea Fey
5. Ambrosia Malone
6. Morgan Gallagher
7. Jodie Kenny (C)
8. Jordyn Holzberger
9. Jesse Reid
10. Madeline James
11. Ashlyn McBurnie
12. Kendra Fitzpatrick
13. Rebecca Greiner
14. Meg Pearce
15. Hannah Astbury (GK)
18. Dayle Dolkens
19. Morgan Mathison
20. Aleisha Neumann
21. Renee Taylor
22. Britt Wilkinson
23. Ruby Harris
24. Claire Colwill
25. Georgia Hillas
32. Emily Witheyman-Crump (GK)

Canberra Chill

Head Coach: Ian Rutledge

1. Mikayla Evans
3. Brooke Peris
4. Jessica Smith
7. Naomi Evans
9. Samantha Economos
10. Rebecca Lee
11. Sophie Gaughan
12. Aleisha Price
13. Edwina Bone (C)
15. Yui Ishibashi
16. Shihori Oikawa
17. Beckie Middleton
18. Olivia Martin
19. Anna Flanagan
22. Taylor Thomson
23. Kalindi Commerford
25. Tina Taseska
27. Meredith Bone
31. Sakiyo Asano (GK)
32. Talei Forrest (GK)

HC Melbourne

Head Coach: Tim Strapp

1. Sophie Taylor
2. Aisling Utri
3. Nicola Hammond
5. Kristina Bates
6. Claire Messent (C)
7. Kary Chau
8. Olivia Colasurdo
9. Lily Brazel
10. Laura Desmet
11. Takara Haines
12. Carly James
14. Laura Barden
20. Hayley Padget
21. Florine van Grimbergen
22. Madeleine Ratcliffe
23. Samantha Snow
25. Hannah Gravenall
27. Rachael Lynch (GK)
30. Nikki Bosman (GK)
33. Amy Lawton

NSW Pride

Head Coach: Katrina Powell

2. Sarah Johnston
4. Emily Chalker
5. Jessica Parr (GK)
7. Grace Stewart
10. Greta Hayes
12. Mikaela Patterson
14. Kaitlin Nobbs
15. Emma Spinks
16. Jessica Watterson
17. Georgina Morgan
19. Morgan Blamey
20. Maddison Smith
21. Alice Arnott
22. Kate Jenner (C)
23. Abigail Wilson
24. Mariah Williams
27. Renee Robinson
28. Casey Sablowski
29. Courtney Schonell
30. Jocelyn Bartram (GK)

Perth Thundersticks

Head Coach: Edward Welch

1. Phillipa Morgan
3. Candyce Peacock
4. Jemma Buckley (C)
6. Jacqui Day
7. Penny Squibb
8. Georgia Wilson
9. Shanea Tonkin
11. Rachel Frusher
12. Liné Malan
14. Roos Broek
15. Caitilin Pascov
16. Karri Somerville
17. Annie Gibbs
18. Renee Rockliff
19. Aleisha Power (GK)
20. Caitlin Cooper (GK)
21. Jade Vanderzwan
22. Jolie Sertorio
29. Agueda Moroni
30. Chloe Pendlebury

Tassie Tigers

Head Coach: Luke Doerner

1. Sarah McCambridge
2. Amelia Spence (C)
3. Hannah Richardson
4. Nicole Geeves
5. Molly Haas
6. Jean Flanagan
7. Madeleine Hinton
8. Holly Bonde (GK)
9. Emily Donovan
10. Laura Spandler
11. Isabelle Sharman
12. Samantha Lawrence
13. Phillida Bridley
14. Jessica Chesterman
15. Sophie Rockefeller
19. Esmee Broekhuizen
20. Kateřina Laciná
21. Lauren Canning
22. Ruby-Rose Gibson-Haywood (GK)
23. Caashia Karringten

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Perth
Sydney Olympic Park	State Netball and Hockey Centre	Perth Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 6,000
Adelaide	Brisbane Adelaide Sydney Canberra Melbourne Perth Hobart
State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 4,000
Brisbane
Queensland State Hockey Centre
Capacity: 1,000
Canberra
National Hockey Centre
Hobart
Tasmanian Hockey Centre

Results

Pool stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC Melbourne	6	5	0	1	0	19	6	+13	27	Semi-finals
2	Brisbane Blaze	6	4	0	1	1	16	5	+11	22
3	Adelaide Fire	6	3	1	0	2	14	8	+6	18
4	Canberra Chill	6	2	1	1	2	7	11	−4	15
5	Perth Thundersticks	6	2	1	0	3	9	13	−4	13
6	NSW Pride	6	1	0	0	5	9	15	−6	5
7	Tassie Tigers	6	1	0	0	5	8	24	−16	5

Source: Hockey Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Matches

29 September 2019 13:00 (AEST) NSW Pride 1–2 Adelaide Fire Arnott  35' Report McMahon  34' Spano  41' Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Michelle Farnill (AUS) Cassidy Gallagher (AUS)

29 September 2019 14:00 (AEST) Canberra Chill 2–2 Brisbane Blaze N. Evans  53', 53' Report Malone  43', 43' Penalties E. Bone Middleton N. Evans Commerford Peris 3–2 Malone S. Fitzpatrick Holzberger Fey M. Fitzpatrick National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

29 September 2019 16:30 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks 1–3 HC Melbourne Tonkin  26' Report Messent  5' Ratcliffe  60', 60' Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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5 October 2019 14:00 (AEST) Canberra Chill 2–1 NSW Pride N. Evans  10' M. Evans  29' Report Blamey  45' National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

5 October 2019 17:00 (AEST) Tassie Tigers 0–4 Adelaide Fire Report Spano  32', 56' Nance  34' De Broughe  43' Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

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6 October 2019 13:00 (AEDT) HC Melbourne 1–0 Brisbane Blaze Desmet  23' Report State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

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12 October 2019 14:30 (AEDT) NSW Pride 5–0 Tassie Tigers Wilson  5', 5', 27', 60', 60' Report Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Cassidy Gallagher (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

12 October 2019 15:30 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks 1–1 Canberra Chill Somerville  21' Report Oikawa  39' Penalties Broek Moroni Rockliff Pascov Tonkin 1–0 Taseska Middleton Evans Balfour Ishibashi Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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13 October 2019 13:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Fire 2–4 Brisbane Blaze Spano  34', 54' Report Harris  5' Fey  21' Wilkinson  44' Eleison  50' State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Nicola Brown (AUS)

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18 October 2019 18:00 (AEST) Brisbane Blaze 5–0 Tassie Tigers Harris  8' Wilkinson  15', 15', 42' Fey  38' Report Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

18 October 2019 19:00 (AEDT) HC Melbourne 2–0 Canberra Chill Ratcliffe  30' Gravenall  35' Report State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

18 October 2019 19:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Fire 1–2 Perth Thundersticks McCaw  42' Report Broek  51', 51' State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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20 October 2019 13:00 (AEDT) NSW Pride 2–7 HC Melbourne Wilson  17' Sablowski  60' Report Lawton  7' Utri  28', 28' Messent  30', 49' Hammond  42' Ratcliffe  56' Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Umpires: Cassidy Gallagher (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

20 October 2019 13:00 (AEST) Brisbane Blaze 3–0 Perth Thundersticks Fey  15+', 35' Harris  43' Report Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

20 October 2019 14:00 (AEDT) Canberra Chill 2–1 Tassie Tigers N. Evans  30', 30+' Report Canning  19' National Hockey Centre, Canberra Umpires: Emily Carroll (AUS) Kristy Robertson (AUS)

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26 October 2019 14:00 (ACDT) Adelaide Fire 4–0 Canberra Chill De Broughe  6' Spano  23' Nance  46' Shand  60' Report State Hockey Centre, Adelaide Umpires: Emily Ogden (AUS) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

26 October 2019 15:30 (AWST) Perth Thundersticks 2–0 NSW Pride Moroni  10' Somerville  12' Report Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Kimberleigh Todd (AUS)

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27 October 2019 15:30 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers 2–5 HC Melbourne Haas  51', 51' Report Gravenall  7', 7' Desmet  33' Ratcliffe  55', 60' Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Deborah O'Connell (AUS) Kerryl Chandler (AUS)

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2 November 2019 14:00 (AEDT) Tassie Tigers 5–3 Perth Thundersticks McCambridge  25' Rockerfeller  29', 29' Bridley  57', 57' Report Somerville  4' Rockliff  47' Van der Zwan  60+' Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart Umpires: Kerryl Chandler (AUS) Michelle Farnill (AUS)

2 November 2019 15:00 (AEST) Brisbane Blaze 2–0 NSW Pride Kenny  26' M. Fitzpatrick  41' Report Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Tamara Leonard (AUS) Deborah O'Connell (AUS)

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3 November 2019 14:45 (AEDT) HC Melbourne 1–1 Adelaide Fire Bates  60' Report McMahon  53' Penalties Bates Utri Gravenall Hammond Ratcliffe 3–4 Nance Spano Claxton McMahon De Broughe State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

Classification stage

	Semi-finals				Grand Final
	10 November – Melbourne
	HC Melbourne (p.s.o)	0 (1)
					16 November – Melbourne
	Canberra Chill	0 (0)
					HC Melbourne	1 (2)
	9 November – Brisbane
					Brisbane Blaze (p.s.o)	1 (3)
	Brisbane Blaze	3
	Adelaide Fire	0

Semi-finals

9 November 2019 17:00 (AEST) Brisbane Blaze 3–0 Adelaide Fire K. Fitzpatrick  32' Wilkinson  34' M. Fitzpatrick  48' Report Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

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10 November 2019 14:30 (AEDT) HC Melbourne 0–0 Canberra Chill Report Penalties Bates Utri Ratcliffe Lawton 1–0 Commerford E. Bone Taseska N. Evans Peris State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Nicola Brown (AUS) Kristy Robertson

Grand final

16 November 2019 16:00 (AEDT) HC Melbourne 1–1 Brisbane Blaze Van Grimbergen  43' Report Wilkinson  37' Penalties Taylor Utri Barden Lawton Ratcliffe —— Ratcliffe 2–3 Fey S. Fitzpatrick Malone Eleison M. Fitzpatrick —— Malone State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Michelle Farnill (AUS) Tamara Leonard (AUS)

Awards

Top Goalscorer(s)	Player of the League	Player of the Final
4 Players (see list below)	Shihori Oikawa	Ambrosia Malone

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final standing
	Brisbane Blaze	8	5	1	1	1	20	6	+14	30	Gold Medal
	HC Melbourne	8	5	1	2	0	20	7	+13	32	Silver Medal
	Adelaide Fire	7	3	1	0	3	14	11	+3	18	Eliminated in Semi-finals
4	Canberra Chill	7	2	1	2	2	7	11	−4	17
5	Perth Thundersticks	6	2	1	0	3	9	13	−4	13	Eliminated in Group Stage
6	NSW Pride	6	1	0	0	5	9	15	−6	5
7	Tassie Tigers	6	1	0	0	5	8	24	−16	5

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.

6 goals

• Michaela Spano
• Britt Wilkinson
• Madeleine Ratcliffe
• Abigail Wilson

5 goals

• Naomi Evans

4 goals

• Ashlea Fey

3 goals

• Ruby Harris
• Hannah Gravenall
• Claire Messent
• Karri Somerville

2 goals

• Emma de Broughe
• Karri McMahon
• Gabrielle Nance
• Madison Fitzpatrick
• Ambrosia Malone
• Laura Desmet
• Aisling Utri
• Roos Broek
• Phillida Bridley
• Molly Haas
• Sophie Rockerfeller

1 goal

• Gemma McCaw
• Harriet Shand
• Layla Eleison
• Kendra Fitzpatrick
• Jodie Kenny
• Mikayla Evans
• Shihori Oikawa
• Kristina Bates
• Nicola Hammond
• Amy Lawton
• Florine van Grimbergen
• Alice Arnott
• Morgan Blamey
• Casey Sablowski
• Agueda Moroni
• Renee Rockliff
• Shanea Tonkin
• Jade van der Zwan
• Lauren Canning
• Sarah McCambridge

Source: Hockey Australia

References

1. "Hockey One". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. "Melbourne to host inaugural grand final". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
3. "Blaze and HC Melbourne play out grand final thriller". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
4. "2019 Sultana Bran Women's Hockey One League". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
5. "New National Hockey League To Play Across Australia In A 48 Game Schedule". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
6. "NEW LEAGUE AND TV DEAL FOR HOCKEY". thewomensgame.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

• 2019 Sultana Bran Women's Hockey One League at Hockey Australia