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Black Sticks' Krystal Forgesson - Source: Photosport -
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Black Sticks Women's coach Mark Hager feels his team put in their best performance at the Four Nations tournament today despite going down 2-0 to Great Britain.
In their third match of the tournament in Cordoba Argentina, the Kiwis challenged the British who have been the form team with wins over Korea and Argentina.
Hager was very pleased with the team's defensive effort but felt they lacked accuracy at the attacking end.
"Defensively we were a lot better today and we looked like the team of old."
Great Britain scored both their goals in the first half of the match from penalty corners.
Hager was impressed with the play of some of the younger members of the team as well as experienced striker Krystal Forgesson (Auckland) who was threatening up front.
He will be looking for further improvement as the Black Sticks face Korea at 9am tomorrow (NZT) in the play-off for third and fourth, having previously lost to Argentina 7-3 and Korea 6-4 in the tournament.
The Black Sticks start their Champions Trophy campaign against the home side Argentina at midday on Sunday 29 January (NZT).
