2010 Women's Australian Hockey League

The 2010 Women's Australian Hockey League was the 18th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the South Australian city of Adelaide.

2010 Women's
Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Adelaide (finals venue)
Teams	8
Venue(s)	State Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions	WA Diamonds (6th title)
Runner-up	QLD Scorchers
Third place	NSW Arrows
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	163 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ashleigh Nelson (9 goals)
Best player	Madonna Blyth
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The WA Diamonds won the gold medal for the sixth time by defeating the QLD Scorchers 3–1 in the final.

Competition format

The format included five-round matches over two weekends, and a finals week that consisted of two-round matches, three pool matches and finally classification matches.

At the conclusion of the round matches teams were sorted in Pool A or Pool B, based on ranking.

Pool A: 1, 4, 6, 8
Pool B: 2, 3, 5, 7

Points were carried over from the round matches, so at the conclusion of the pool matches the teams in each pool were ranked again 1–4 depending on the number of points accumulated, with the top team from each pool competing in the League Final, while classification matches were contested to determine the remaining six teams' final positions.

Teams

• Canberra Strikers
• Southern Suns

• NSW Arrows
• Tassie Van Demons

• Territory Pearls
• VIC Vipers

• QLD Scorchers
• WA Diamonds

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WA Diamonds	7	5	2	0	23	6	+17	54	Pool A
2	QLD Scorchers	7	5	1	1	21	10	+11	48	Pool B
3	NSW Arrows	7	4	1	2	20	11	+9	43
4	VIC Vipers	7	3	2	2	14	11	+3	37	Pool A
5	Southern Suns	7	3	1	3	16	18	−2	35	Pool B
6	Canberra Strikers	7	3	0	4	12	14	−2	30	Pool A
7	Tassie Van Demons	7	0	2	5	4	21	−17	10	Pool B
8	Territory Pearls	7	0	1	6	3	22	−19	6	Pool A

Source: Hockey Australia

Round matches

7 May 2010 Canberra Strikers 2–1 VIC Vipers Flanagan  10' Ellis  41' Report Riordan  50' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

7 May 2010 NSW Arrows 6–1 Tassie Van Demons Hurtz  12', 31', 39' Close  27' Jenner  56' Webster  67' Report Khoury  63' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

7 May 2010 WA Diamonds 3–0 Territory Pearls S. Nelson  9' Ciallella  28' Boyce  61' Report Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

7 May 2010 QLD Scorchers 4–2 Southern Suns Holcroft  4', 68' Hudson  30' Holzberger  34' Report Cibich  39' Reynolds  60' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

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8 May 2010 NSW Arrows 3–2 Canberra Strikers Cobbin  27' Hurtz  56' Jenner  70' Report Bailey-Price  18' Flanagan  62' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

8 May 2010 QLD Scorchers 7–1 Territory Pearls Korner  12' Schulz  15' Blyth  28', 43' Eiser  40' J. Dwyer  45' Johnson  47' Report Langham  56' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

8 May 2010 Tassie Van Demons 1–1 VIC Vipers McLeod  42' Report Riordan  48' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

8 May 2010 WA Diamonds 5–0 Southern Suns A. Nelson  5' Taylor  25' S. Nelson  38', 67' Eglington  54' Report Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

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9 May 2010 Southern Suns 2–1 Territory Pearls Parker  17' Greenshields  62' Report Peris  40' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

9 May 2010 NSW Arrows 4–1 VIC Vipers Rivers  9' Hurtz  31', 52' Phillips  43' Report Schubach  37' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

9 May 2010 WA Diamonds 2–2 QLD Scorchers A. Nelson  33' S. Nelson  54' Report J. Dwyer  13' Attard  59' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

9 May 2010 Canberra Strikers 1–0 Tassie Van Demons Youman  48' Report Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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22 May 2010 QLD Scorchers 2–1 Canberra Strikers Korner  14', 66' Report Arrold  65' Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

22 May 2010 VIC Vipers 3–2 Southern Suns Burns  17' Merrett  22' O'Connor  50' Report McMahon  14' Evans  25' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

22 May 2010 NSW Arrows 3–0 Territory Pearls Jenner  2', 18', 60' Report Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

22 May 2010 WA Diamonds 5–1 Tassie Van Demons S. Nelson  14', 32' A. Nelson  19', 60' Liddelow  59' Report McLeod  25' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

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23 May 2010 QLD Scorchers 2–1 NSW Arrows Hudson  6' Paterson  50' Report Close  4' Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

23 May 2010 Canberra Strikers 3–0 Territory Pearls Evans  3' Stewart  14' Allen  62' Report Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

23 May 2010 Southern Suns 4–1 Tassie Van Demons Parker  37' Cibich  38' Cass  47', 51' Report Khoury  5' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

23 May 2010 VIC Vipers 1–1 WA Diamonds Nanscawen  12' Report S. Nelson  40' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

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29 May 2010 QLD Scorchers 4–0 Tassie Van Demons Korner  37', 55' Blyth  65' Schulz  68' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

29 May 2010 WA Diamonds 4–1 Canberra Strikers Boyce  10' Liddelow  49', 52' Ciallella  53' Report Arrold  67' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

29 May 2010 Southern Suns 2–2 NSW Arrows Eshuis  46', 56' Report Hurtz  51' Hollywood  66' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

29 May 2010 VIC Vipers 4–1 Territory Pearls Pearce  10' Berriman  13' Riordan  34' Doutre  54' Report Blaum  41' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

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30 May 2010 Southern Suns 4–2 Canberra Strikers Eshuis  26', 52' Evans  47' Parker  54' Report Taylor  34' Allen  38' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

30 May 2010 VIC Vipers 3–0 QLD Scorchers Berriman  45' Nanscawen  53' Chau  64' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

30 May 2010 WA Diamonds 3–1 NSW Arrows A. Nelson  4', 15' Boyce  46' Report Netzler  56' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

30 May 2010 Tassie Van Demons 0–0 Territory Pearls Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Classification round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	WA Diamonds	10	6	3	1	28	7	+21	42
2	VIC Vipers	10	5	3	2	19	12	+7	36
3	Canberra Strikers	10	4	2	4	16	15	+1	30
4	Territory Pearls	10	0	1	9	3	27	−24	4

Source: Hockey Australia

1 June 2010 WA Diamonds 5–0 Territory Pearls A. Nelson  8', 8' Ciallella  9', 40' Liddelow  59' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

1 June 2010 VIC Vipers 1–1 Canberra Strikers Riordan  41' Report Arrold  38' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

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2 June 2010 WA Diamonds 0–0 Canberra Strikers Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

2 June 2010 VIC Vipers 3–0 Territory Pearls Schubach  25' Chau  42' Messent  44' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

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3 June 2010 WA Diamonds 0–1 VIC Vipers Report Messent  16' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

3 June 2010 Canberra Strikers 3–0 Territory Pearls Desmet  34' Evans  66' Bailey-Price  69' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	QLD Scorchers	10	7	1	2	30	13	+17	44
2	NSW Arrows	10	7	1	2	29	13	+16	47
3	Southern Suns	10	4	1	5	21	28	−7	31
4	Tassie Van Demons	10	0	2	8	7	32	−25	9

Source: Hockey Australia

1 June 2010 QLD Scorchers 4–0 Tassie Van Demons Schulz  29' Attard  34', 54' Blyth  50' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

1 June 2010 NSW Arrows 3–1 Southern Suns Hurtz  32' Rivers  42', 44' Report Eshuis  14' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

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2 June 2010 QLD Scorchers 4–0 Southern Suns Blyth  18', 63' J. Dwyer  50' Attard  52' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

2 June 2010 NSW Arrows 3–0 Tassie Van Demons Eastham  14' Close  25' Netzler  51' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

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3 June 2010 QLD Scorchers 1–3 NSW Arrows Schulz  22' Report Close  14' Rivers  40', 45' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

3 June 2010 Southern Suns 4–3 Tassie Van Demons Parker  4', 50', 59' Cass  70' Report Geeves  41' Parker  55' McLeod  56' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Classification matches

Seventh and eighth place

5 June 2010 Tassie Van Demons 3–0 Territory Pearls Geeves  21' Parker  59' Khoury  69' Report Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Fifth and sixth place

5 June 2010 Canberra Strikers 1–1 Southern Suns Allen  57' Report Reynolds  39' Penalties 2–4 Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Third and fourth place

5 June 2010 VIC Vipers 0–1 NSW Arrows Report Jenner  70' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Final

5 June 2010 WA Diamonds 3–1 QLD Scorchers Eglington  33' McGurk  56' A. Nelson  64' Report Blyth  14' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Madonna Blyth	Ashleigh Nelson	Ashleigh Nelson

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	WA Diamonds	11	7	3	1	31	8	+23	24	Gold Medal
	QLD Scorchers	11	7	1	3	31	16	+15	22	Silver Medal
	NSW Arrows	11	8	1	2	30	13	+17	25	Bronze Medal
4	VIC Vipers	11	5	3	3	19	13	+6	18
5	Southern Suns	11	4	2	5	22	29	−7	14
6	Canberra Strikers	11	4	3	4	17	16	+1	15
7	Tassie Van Demons	11	1	2	8	10	32	−22	5
8	Territory Pearls	11	0	1	10	3	36	−33	1

Source: Hockey Australia

Goalscorers

There were 163 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.

9 goals

• Ashleigh Nelson

8 goals

• Emily Hurtz

7 goals

• Madonna Blyth
• Sian Nelson

6 goals

• Kate Jenner
• Georgina Parker

5 goals

• Megan Rivers
• Amy Korner
• Clarissa Eshuis

4 goals

• Jade Close
• Teneal Attard
• Jodie Schulz
• Stephanie Riordan
• Chantelle Ciallella
• Shelly Liddelow

3 goals

• Renee Allen
• Nicole Arrold
• Jill Dwyer
• Sherrilyn Cass
• Nina Khoury
• Sofie McLeod
• Fiona Boyce

2 goals

• Catriona Bailey-Price
• Naomi Evans
• Anna Flanagan
• Bianca Netzler
• Tegan Holcroft
• Marnie Hudson
• Jessica Cibich
• Holly Evans
• Tess Reynolds
• Nicole Geeves
• Emily Parker
• Megan Berriman
• Kary Chau
• Claire Messent
• Georgia Nanscawen
• Danielle Schubach
• Lisa Eglington

1 goal

• Laura Desmet
• Samantha Ellis
• Toni Stewart
• Emma Taylor
• Nicole Youman
• Emma Cobbin
• Casey Eastham
• Kate Hollywood
• Yasmine Phillips
• Hollie Webster
• Caroline Blaum
• Heather Langham
• Emily Peris
• Prue Eiser
• Jordyn Holzberger
• Kirstin Johnson
• Emma Paterson
• Bianca Greenshields
• Karri McMahon
• Anna Burns
• Stephanie Doutre
• Leah Merrett
• Sarah O'Connor
• Emma Pearce
• Kobie McGurk
• Jayde Taylor