- Updates from around sporting fields in Australia
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In case you haven’t been following, Hockey One is the new national league for hockey - having gone down the route that every sport has done at some point in the past eight years by saying “We want to create the Big Bash of (insert sport here).” Hockey’s version of this includes “conversions” that take place after a field goal is scored, where the player who scores the goal gets a set shot opportunity to put another point on the board.
A TV deal with Kayo and Foxtel has helped increase visibility of the sport, who often struggle to get coverage outside of the Olympics. A less than stellar crowd assembled for the grand finals at Melbourne’s State Netball and Hockey Centre, but the league will aim to build on this base.
We did it! pic.twitter.com/T26PKUvegJ
Welcome to another big Saturday of sport-watching all around Australia. There’s plenty going on today - grand finals of the new Hockey One league from Melbourne, some A-League action from the Central Coast and Melbourne and WBBL from the Barossa and Drummoyne. Don’t leave me feeling lonely here watching sport all on my lonesome. Slide into the comments, tweet or email me to give me your thoughts on what’s going on around the country. So, let us not drag our heels any longer, time to get cracking!
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