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Auckland midfielder Lulu Tuilotolava has been rewarded for an impressive debut with a spot in the Black Sticks' World Cup squad.

Taieri perhaps made harder work of it than it  expected, but it got the crucial win in the women’s premier hockey competition on Saturday.

After a break for Queen’s Birthday, teams were back at it on Saturday in the premier men’s competition.

There will be a strong southern presence at the upcoming New Zealand under-21 hockey camps in Hawke's Bay with four Southern region players named in the latest squads.

Cromwell has developed a taste for international hockey and there is talk of doing it all again.

Competition leader City Highlanders held on to the shield with a 3-2 win, despite a late Taieri Tigers comeback in the feature match of the premier women’s competition on Saturday.

The Black Sticks created enough opportunities to win two or three games of hockey.

Livewires Kelsey Smith and Anita McLaren powered the Black Sticks to a 4-1 win against Japan last night.